![]() ![]() In 1960, Maris hit a single, double, and two home runs in his first game as a Yankee. In a seven-player deal in December 1959, he was sent to the Yankees with Kent Hadley and Joe DeMaestri in exchange for Marv Throneberry, Norm Siebern, Hank Bauer, and Don Larsen. In the late 1950s, Kansas City frequently traded their best young players to the New York Yankees-a practice which led them to be referred to as the Yankees' "major league farm team" -and Maris was no exception. He was selected to play in the second of two All-Star Games held that year. In 1959, he played in 122 games and hit 16 home runs he missed 45 games during the second half of the season as a result of an appendix operation. Maris played in 99 games and hit 19 home runs for Kansas City in 1958. On June 15, 1958, after playing in 51 games and hitting nine home runs for the Indians, he was traded to the Kansas City Athletics with Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward for Vic Power and Woodie Held. He finished his rookie season with 14 home runs. Two days later, he hit the first home run of his career, a grand slam off Tigers pitcher Jack Crimian at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. ![]() Maris made his major league debut on April 16, 1957, with the Cleveland Indians. Maris with the Cleveland Indians in 1957 Cleveland Indians (1957–1958) With all five teams for which Maris played in the minors, the clubs' win-loss records improved from the prior season. In game two of the 1956 Junior World Series, Maris, playing for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ( Triple-A league), set a record by driving in seven runs. In four minor league seasons from 1953 to 1956, Maris hit. He was named rookie of the year in the Northern League, then moved on to Keokuk, Iowa, the next season. Maris began play for the Indians' minor league organization at Fargo (the Fargo-Moorhead Twins) in 1953. He met his future wife, Patricia, in the tenth grade at a high school basketball game. In that 1951 game, he also scored a fifth touchdown on a 32-yard run from scrimmage. In football, Maris set a national high school record, which still stands, for most return touchdowns in a game, with four (two kickoff returns, one punt return, and one interception return). Maris played both baseball and football for the Shanley Deacons. In 1950, Maris, a Catholic, transferred to Bishop Shanley High School in Fargo, and graduated from there in June 1952. Maris entered Fargo Central High School in 1948. The Maris family moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1938, and to Fargo, North Dakota, in 1946. His father died in Fargo in 1992 at age 81. Maris' parents had a turbulent marriage and divorced in 1960. Maris' brother Rudolph, who was a year older, developed polio at age 18 in 1951. "Rudy" Maras and Ann Corrine "Connie" (née Perkovich) were born in Minnesota, and were of Croatian heritage. Roger Eugene Maris was born on September 10, 1934, in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1955, his father changed the surname from Maras to Maris. Maris’ AL single-season home run record stood until 2022, when Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs in a single season for the New York Yankees. In 2001, Barry Bonds surpassed that mark with 73 home runs, though all three players used performance-enhancing drugs. In 1998, Mark McGwire set a new MLB record with 70 home runs the same year Sammy Sosa also surpassed Maris' record with 66 home runs. Maris hit his 61st home run in the last game of the season, which led to questions about the legitimacy of his record. Before Maris broke Ruth's record, the AL baseball season had been extended to 162 games. Maris's home run record was controversial, as the previous single-season home run record (60, set by Babe Ruth in 1927) was set during a period when MLB teams played 154 games per season. Maris appeared in seven World Series he played for Yankees teams that won the World Series in 19 and for a Cardinals team that won the World Series in 1967. Maris was an AL All-Star from 1959 through 1962, an AL Most Valuable Player in 19, and an AL Gold Glove Award winner in 1960. Maris finished his playing career as a member of the St. He was traded to the Kansas City Athletics during the 1958 season, and to the New York Yankees after the 1959 season. ![]() Maris played in the minor leagues from 1953 to 1956, and made his major league debut for the Cleveland Indians in 1957. The record remained unbroken until 1998 and remained the American League (AL) record until Aaron Judge broke it in 2022. He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961. Roger Eugene Maris (Septem– December 14, 1985) was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). April 16, 1957, for the Cleveland Indians ![]()
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