...back to before the days when the Kansas City Blues were a Yankees minor league team and before the Kansas City A's traded Roger Maris to the big city. People in towns big and small all across America have long placed their own city's charms and ease and...
...history. Oct. 1, 1961: In the thrilling conclusion to a summer-long chase of one of sport's most hallowed records, Roger Maris belted his 61st home run on the final day of the regular season, supplanting Ruth's mark of 60 set in 1927. Maris'...
...has Ralph Houck and Mantle on the sweet spot with 20 or so other facsimile team autographs on the panels including Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Bobby Richardson and Frankie Crosetti. Jack P., Laconia, N.H. Generally these souvenir baseballs have little, if...
...loaded and no outs, former Baltimore Orioles' lefty Billy O'Dell replaced Sanford and retired the Yankees on five pitches. Roger Maris hit a grounder to second that Chuck Hiller fielded and threw home, forcing Richardson. Elston Howard hit a hard ground...
...one winning the award. 1960 - Mickey Mantle (New York Yankees) The Mick hit 40 HR's 94 RBI's and .275 Avg. and lost out to Roger Maris who hit 39 HR's 112 RBI's and a .283 Avg. Mantle had 10 first place votes to Maris' 8 and Maris won 225 to 222 in one...
Background
Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for breaking Babe Ruth's single-season home run record (60 home runs in 1927 season),in 1961, a record that would stand for 37 years. In twelve Major League seasons, he participated in seven World Series.
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