Roger Maris
Roger Maris | |
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Rightfielder | |
Born: September 10, 1934 Hibbing , United States |
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Died on: December 14, 1985 Houston , United States |
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Suggested: Left | Threw: Right |
Debut in Major League Baseball | |
April 16, 1957 with the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB assignment | |
September 29, 1968 with the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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Batting average | , 260 |
Home runs | 275 |
Runs Batted In | 850 |
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Awards | |
Roger Eugene Maris (born September 10, 1934 in Hibbing , Minnesota , † December 14, 1985 in Houston , Texas ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians (1957/58), the Kansas City Athletics (1958/59), the New York Yankees (1960-66) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1967/68). He played seven times in the final of the MLB, the World Series (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968), and won them three times (1961, 1962 and 1967). He hit 275 home runs in his career .
Roger Maris became famous for his 61 single-season home runs in 1961, beating Babe Ruth's old record with 60 home runs from 1927 and being honored with the Associated Press' Sportsman of the Year award . Maris competed very much with his teammate Mickey Mantle , who, although arguably the better player overall, was never able to achieve this number of home runs in one season due to injuries . For contemporaries, it was important in 1961 that Maris benefited from an increase in the total number of games compared to Ruth by increasing Major League Baseball . Ruth had the opportunity to home run 154 games, Maris 162 games. In the 154th game of the season, Maris scored his 59th home run, leaving Ruth's record untouched from the point of view of purists.
Only in 1998 did Mark McGwire beat Maris' record with the 62nd of his 70 single-season home runs . Of course, there is a shadow over this new record (and the others by Barry Bonds ), as performance-enhancing agents ( steroids ) can probably be made partly responsible for these records.
Roger Maris' jersey number # 9 will no longer be awarded to New York Yankees players . His jersey was hung in a ceremony at Yankee Stadium on July 21, 1984.
Maris is one of the few baseball record holders who has not been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame ; a decision that causes incomprehension among many fans. Maris died of cancer and is buried in his hometown of Fargo , North Dakota . The city of Fargo has named a street after him and set up a Roger Maris Museum .
The story of Roger Maris' 61 Home Runs was filmed in 2001 in the TV feature film 61 * by Billy Crystal based on the script by Hank Steinberg . Roger Maris was played by Barry Pepper .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Roger Maris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Roger Maris in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, Michael L. Neft: Baseball 2004 . New York 2004, p. 346.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maris, Roger |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maris, Roger Eugene (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hibbing , Minnesota , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1985 |
Place of death | Houston , Texas , United States |