Roger Maris
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican baseball player (1934-1985)
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Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961.
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Maris with the Cleveland Indians in 1957
Left to right: Babe Ruth's 60th home run bat (1927), Roger Maris's 61st home run bat (1961), and Mark McGwire's and Sammy Sosa's 70th and 66th home run bats (1998)
Maris (left) with Mickey Mantle in 1961
Maris signs a baseball for President John F. Kennedy in the 1962 season
Roger Maris's number 9 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1984.
The Roger Maris Museum in Fargo
Roger Maris plaque in Yankee Stadium's Monument ParkFilmography 4
That Touch of Mink
It's My Turn
Safe at Home!
Race for the RecordAwards 6
Connected to Roger 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 1985 · aged 51
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