Cardinals' Jordan Walker is on Mark McGwire's 70-HR pace
What a start to the season it has been for Walker.
Cardinals' Jordan Walker is on Mark McGwire's 70-HR pace originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The most famous home run hitting season in the history of the St.
Louis Cardinals happened in that famous summer of 1998. Mark McGwire, 70 homers, history. And right now, Jordan Walker is keeping pace.
In 1998, McGwire had eight home runs through 16 games. Walker's homer on Monday night against the Guardians was his eighth of the season through 16 games. Most home runs in team’s first 16 games of season, Cardinals history: 2006 Albert Pujols: 11 2026 Jordan Walker: 8 2004 Scott Rolen: 8 1998 Mark McGwire: 8 1954 Stan Musial: 8 https://t.
co/0DuZ5Nitrs — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 14, 2026 MORE: Blue Jays' Ernie Clement is a battle between old-school and new-age baseball Clearly, McGwire got even hotter for a stretch later in that season. But homering in half of your games would send you on the way to setting the all-time single-season record. Walker only hit six home runs in more than 100 games last season, so this is also a pace that he'll be quite happy with personally.