Roger Maris

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Red Sox Nation Villainy 3 Awards 4 Trivia 5 Transactions 6 External Links

Overall Career

Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985), was a New York Yankee right fielder primarily remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record in 1961 on the last day of the 1961 season. The movie 61* chronicles that amazing season, and the race between Maris and Mickey Mantle to break Ruth's record. Although he was a Yankee, he earned alot of respect.

Red Sox Nation Villainy

• Maris hit his record-breaking 61st home run off Boston Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard in 1961.

Awards

• 1960 American League MVP
• 1961 Major League Player of the Year
• 1960 American League Gold Glove (Right Field)
• 1961 American League MVP
• 4-time American League All-Star (1959-1962)

Trivia

• Recruited to play football at the University of Oklahoma, he arrived by bus in Norman and found no one from the university there to greet him. He turned around and went back to Fargo.
• Won three World Series Rings with the New York Yankees (1961 & 1962) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1967)
• The Yankees retired Maris' number 9, on Old-Timers' Day, July 21, 1984. Maris dies just over a year later.

Transactions

• Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

• June 15, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward to the Kansas City Athletics for Woodie Held and Vic Power.

• December 11, 1959: Traded by the KC Athletics with Joe DeMaestri & Kent Hadley to the New York Yankees for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern & Marv Throneberry.

• December 8, 1966: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis