Editing Mark McGwire (section)

====Career resurgence (1992–1997)====
The "new look" McGwire hit 42 homers and batted .268 in 1992, with an outstanding OPS+ of 175 (the highest of his career to that point), and put on a victorious home-run-hitting show at the [[Home Run Derby]] during the [[1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1992 All-Star break]]. His performance propelled the [[1992 Oakland Athletics season|A's]] to the American League West Division title in 1992, their fourth in five seasons. The A's lost in the [[1992 American League Championship Series|playoffs]] to the eventual [[1992 World Series|World Series]] champion [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]].

Foot injuries limited McGwire to a total of 74 games in [[1993 Oakland Athletics season|1993]] and [[1994 Oakland Athletics season|1994]], and just nine home runs in each of the two seasons. He played just 104 games in [[1995 Oakland Athletics season|1995]], but his proportional totals were much improved, as he hit 39 home runs in 317 at-bats. In [[1996 Oakland Athletics season|1996]], McGwire belted a major-league-leading 52 homers in 423 at-bats. He also hit for a career-high .312 average and led the league in both slugging and on-base percentage.

McGwire's total of 363 home runs with the Athletics surpassed the previous franchise record. He was selected or voted to nine [[American League]] All-Star teams while playing for the A's, including six consecutive appearances from [[1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1987]] through [[1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1992]]. On April 21, 1997, McGwire became the fourth and final player to hit a home run over the left-field roof of [[Detroit]]'s [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], joining [[Harmon Killebrew]], [[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]] and [[Cecil Fielder]].<ref>The Final Season, p.90, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001, {{ISBN|0-312-29156-6}}</ref> The blast was estimated to have traveled 491 feet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/McGwire-Has-a-Blast-in-Loss-2843682.php |title=McGwire Has a Blast in Loss |publisher=SFgate.com |first=Steve |last=Kettman |date=April 21, 1997 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128101420/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/McGwire-Has-a-Blast-in-Loss-2843682.php |url-status=live }}</ref>