44 Facts About Roger Maris

Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball .

Roger Maris is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961.

Roger Maris played in the minor leagues from 1953 to 1956, and made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians in 1957.

Roger Maris was traded to the Kansas City Athletics during the 1958 season, and to the New York Yankees after the 1959 season.

Roger Maris finished his playing career as a member of the St Louis Cardinals in 1967 and 1968.

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Roger Maris was an AL All-Star from 1959 through 1962, an AL Most Valuable Player in 1960 and 1961, and an AL Gold Glove Award winner in 1960.

Roger Maris appeared in seven World Series; he played for Yankees teams that won the World Series in 1961 and 1962 and for a Cardinals team that won the World Series in 1967.

Roger Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season.

Roger Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record.

Roger Maris' brother Rudolph, who was a year older, developed polio at age 18 in 1951.

Roger Maris' parents had a turbulent marriage and divorced in 1960.

Roger Maris family moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1938, and to Fargo, North Dakota, in 1946.

Roger Maris played both baseball and football for the Shanley Deacons.

In football, Roger Maris set a national high school record, which still stands, for most return touchdowns in a game, with four .

Roger Maris met his future wife, Patricia, in the tenth grade at a high school basketball game.

Roger Maris started playing for the Indians' minor league organization at Fargo in 1953.

Roger Maris was named rookie of the year in the Northern League, then moved on to Keokuk, Iowa, the next season.

In game two of the 1956 Junior World Series, Roger Maris, playing for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association, set a record by driving in seven runs.

Roger Maris played in 99 games and hit 19 home runs for Kansas City in 1958.

Roger Maris was selected to play in the second of two All-Star Games held that year.

In 1960, Roger Maris hit a single, double, and two home runs in his first game as a Yankee.

Roger Maris was named to the AL All-Star roster again and played in both games.

Roger Maris won the American League's Most Valuable Player award and was recognized as an outstanding defensive outfielder with a Gold Glove Award.

Roger Maris had 59 home runs after the Yankees' 154th game and therefore failed to beat Ruth's 60 home runs within the original season length.

Roger Maris was awarded the 1961 Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year and won the American League's MVP Award for the second straight year.

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When Roger Maris went up to the plate for that famous home run, Roger Maris heard the sign relayed to him and hit it out for a home run .

In 1962, Roger Maris made his fourth consecutive All-Star team appearance and his seventh and final All-Star game appearance.

Roger Maris made a game-saving play in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1962 World Series against the San Francisco Giants.

Roger Maris cut off the ball and made a strong throw to prevent Alou from scoring the tying run; the play set up Willie McCovey's series-ending line drive to second baseman Bobby Richardson, capping what would prove to be the final World Series title for the Yankees until 1977.

Roger Maris was injured in game two of the 1963 World Series, in which the Yankees were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games.

Roger Maris hit a home run in Game 6 of the 1964 World Series, in which the Yankees lost to the St Louis Cardinals in seven games.

In 1966, the Yankees' and Roger Maris's fortunes continued to decline as he played most of the season with a misdiagnosed broken bone in his hand.

Roger Maris played his final two seasons with the Cardinals, helping the team to win the 1967 and 1968 pennants and the 1967 World Series.

Roger Maris coached baseball at Gainesville's Oak Hall High School, which named its baseball field after him in 1990.

Roger Maris was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota.

Also in 1980, Roger Maris appeared on the November 11 episode of the variety show Hee Haw along with Barbara Mandrell and Sonny Curtis.

The Guinness Book of World Records did differentiate the Roger Maris home run record and the Ruth home run record as distinct and separate for a number of years.

Roger Maris's home run mark was surpassed by McGwire in 1999 and by Sammy Sosa .

In 1977, Roger Maris was inducted into the North Dakota American Legion Baseball Hall of Fame.

Roger Maris was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2009.

Roger Maris was considered for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via voting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1974 to 1988.

Roger Maris did not appear on the first Golden Era Committee ballot in 2011 or on the second one in 2014 .

Roger Maris is the 24th former player on the Hall of Fame rated list of 85 eligible candidates for the Golden Days Committee Ballot.

Roger Maris was named one of the ten finalists, but ultimately was not part of the chosen class, which consisted of Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, and Gil Hodges.