Roger Maris
Roger Maris
Full name: Roger Eugene Maris
Born: September 10, 1934, Hibbing, Minnesota
Died December 14, 1985, Houston, Texas
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, North Dakota
Born: as: Roger Eugene Maras First Game: April 16, 1957; Final Game: September 29, 1968
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 197
AL MVP (1960 to 1961)
TSN Player of the Year (1961)
TSN AL Player of the Year (1960 to 1961)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1960)
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1961)
AL Gold Glove as RF (1960)
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Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1957 CLE A 116 358 61 84 9 5 14 51 60 5 79 1 3 2 6 8 4 .235 .344 .405 0.5 1957 CLE A
1958 CLE A 51 182 26 41 5 1 9 27 17 2 33 0 0 3 0 4 2 .225 .287 .412 -0.2 1958 CLE A
1958 KC A 99 401 61 99 14 3 19 53 28 1 52 2 2 2 2 0 0 .247 .298 .439 -1.0 1958 KC A
1958 TOT A 150 583 87 140 19 4 28 80 45 3 85 2 2 5 2 4 2 .240 .294 .431 -1.2 1958 TOT A
1959 KC A 122 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 58 5 53 3 0 4 4 2 1 .273 .359 .464 1.3 1959 KC A
1960 NY A Daily Splits 136 499 98 141 18 7 39 112 70 4 65 3 1 5 0 9 6 2 2 .283 .371 .581 3.6 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 161 590 132 159 16 4 61 142 94 0 67 7 0 7 0 9 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 3.5 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 157 590 92 151 34 1 33 100 87 11 78 6 1 3 0 6 7 1 0 .256 .356 .485 1.0 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 90 312 53 84 14 1 23 53 35 3 40 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 .269 .346 .542 1.7 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 141 513 86 144 12 2 26 71 62 1 78 6 1 2 0 4 7 3 0 .281 .364 .464 0.3 1964 NY A
1965 NY A Daily Splits 46 155 22 37 7 0 8 27 29 1 29 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 .239 .357 .439 0.0 1965 NY A
1966 NY A Daily Splits 119 348 37 81 9 2 13 43 36 3 60 3 0 4 0 7 8 0 0 .233 .307 .382 -1.3 1966 NY A
1967 STL N Daily Splits 125 410 64 107 18 7 9 55 52 3 61 4 1 5 0 5 10 0 0 .261 .346 .405 0.5 1967 STL N
1968 STL N Daily Splits 100 310 25 79 18 2 5 45 24 3 38 1 1 4 0 10 3 0 0 .255 .307 .374 -0.3 1968 STL N
Total NL 225 720 89 186 36 9 14 100 76 6 99 5 2 9 0 15 13 0 0 .258 .330 .392 0.2 Total NL
Total AL 1238 4381 737 1139 159 33 261 751 576 36 634 33 10 34 0i 40i 62 21 9 .260 .348 .490 9.4 Total AL
Total Splits 1463 5101 826 1325 195 42 275 851 652 42 733 38 12 43 0i 55i 75 21 9 .260 .345 .476 9.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 NY A Daily Splits 7 30 6 8 1 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .313 .500 1960 NY A
1961 NY A Daily Splits 5 19 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .261 .316 1961 NY A
1962 NY A Daily Splits 7 23 4 4 1 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .321 .348 1962 NY A
1963 NY A Daily Splits 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1963 NY A
1964 NY A Daily Splits 7 30 4 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .226 .300 1964 NY A
1967 STL N Daily Splits 7 26 3 10 1 0 1 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .385 .433 .538 1967 STL N
1968 STL N Daily Splits 6 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .158 .273 .211 1968 STL N
Total Splits 41 152 26 33 5 0 6 18 18 1 21 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 .217 .298 .368 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1959 AL
1960 AL Daily Splits 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 1960 AL
1961 AL Daily Splits 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 2 6 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .250 .333 1962 AL
Total Splits 7 19 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .217 .158 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1957 CLE A OF 112 266 10 7 2 .975 26 87 8
1958 CLE A OF 47 113 6 4 1 .967 0 27 23
1958 KC A OF 99 190 9 5 3 .975 0 21 90
1958 TOT A CF -
1958 TOT A RF -
1958 TOT A OF 146 303 15 9 4 .972 0 48 113
1959 KC A OF 117 231 7 6 4 .975 0 6 113
1960 NY A Daily OF 131 131 120 1153.1 263 6 4 1 0 .985 0 8 127
1960 NY A RF 127 127 116 1102.1 253 6 3 0 0 .989
1960 NY A CF 8 4 4 51 16 0 1 0 0 .941
1961 NY A Daily OF 160 160 148 1402 266 9 9 1 0 .968 0 17 150
1961 NY A RF 150 148 139 1282 242 9 8 1 0 .969
1961 NY A CF 17 12 9 120 30 0 1 0 0 .968
1962 NY A Daily OF 154 151 129 1346.1 316 4 3 0 0 .991 0 65 102
1962 NY A RF 102 89 78 780 157 2 1 0 0 .994
1962 NY A CF 65 62 51 566.1 158 2 2 0 0 .988
1963 NY A Daily OF 86 85 64 708.1 162 6 2 1 0 .988 0 1 86
1963 NY A RF 86 85 64 706.1 161 5 2 1 0 .988
1963 NY A CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1964 NY A Daily OF 137 132 125 1197 250 6 1 0 0 .996 0 23 114
1964 NY A RF 114 109 102 987 206 5 1 0 0 .995
1964 NY A CF 23 23 23 210 42 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 NY A Daily OF 43 42 35 367 66 1 2 0 0 .971 0 0 43
1965 NY A RF 43 42 35 367 64 1 2 0 0 .970
1966 NY A Daily OF 95 93 80 778.1 133 3 1 0 0 .993 0 1 94
1966 NY A RF 94 92 80 776.1 129 3 1 0 0 .992
1966 NY A CF 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1967 STL N Daily OF 118 100 89 942.1 224 5 2 1 0 .991 0 2 118
1967 STL N RF 118 100 89 933.1 221 5 2 1 0 .991
1967 STL N CF 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 STL N Daily OF 84 71 60 667.2 169 4 3 1 0 .983 0 0 84
1968 STL N RF 84 71 60 667.2 170 3 3 1 0 .983
Total OF 1383 965i 850i 8562.1i 2649 76 49 15 0i .982 26 258 1152
Total RF 918i 863i 763i 7602 i 1603i 39i 23i 4i 0i .986
Total CF 117i 102i 87i 960.1i 247i 2i 4i 0i 0i .984
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1960 NY A Daily OF 7 7 6 58 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 7
1960 NY A RF 7 7 6 58 12 0 1 0 0 .923
1961 NY A Daily OF 5 5 2 45 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 4
1961 NY A RF 4 2 1 14 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NY A CF 4 3 1 31 6 1 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A Daily OF 7 7 7 61 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 7
1962 NY A RF 7 7 7 61 11 1 0 0 0 1.000
1963 NY A Daily OF 2 2 1 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
1963 NY A RF 2 2 1 11.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 NY A Daily OF 7 7 7 62 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
1964 NY A CF 7 7 7 62 20 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 STL N Daily OF 7 7 7 61 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 7
1967 STL N RF 7 7 7 61 15 0 1 0 0 .938
1968 STL N Daily OF 5 5 5 45 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 5
1968 STL N RF 5 5 5 45 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 40 40 35 343.2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 11 32
Total RF 32 30 27 250.2 54 1 2 0 0 .965
Total CF 11 10 8 93 26 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1959 AL Daily OF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1959 AL RF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 AL Daily OF 2 2 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
1960 AL RF 2 2 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 AL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1961 AL RF 1 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 AL Daily OF 2 2 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
1962 AL CF 2 2 1 15 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 6 6 3 42 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 4
Total RF 4 4 2 27 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 2 2 1 15 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1953).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Preston Ward and Dick Tomanek to Kansas City
Athletics in exchange for Woodie Held and Vic Power (June 15, 1958 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley to New York
Yankees in exchange for Don Larsen , Hank Bauer , Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry
(December 11, 1959 ).
Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Charley Smith
(December 8, 1966 ).
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