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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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Batting RecordBatting 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 TeamTeam
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 TeamTeam
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World Series Batting RecordWorld 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 RecordAll-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 RecordFielding 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordAll-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

TransactionsTransactions
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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