Appears in the novel "That Must Be Yoshino."
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 545-547. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Broke Babe Ruth's Major League home run record by hitting 61 home runs in 1961. Record stood for 37 years, three years longer than Ruth's.
Children: Susan A. Maris; Roger E. Maris Jr.; Kevin J. Maris; Randy Maris; Sandra Maris; and Richard.
His last name was originally spelled, M-A-R-A-S.
His number 9 was retired by the New York Yankees, in 1984, one of 14 numbers retired by the Yanks.
Maris' children were in attendance at St. Louis, when Mark McGwire broke his home run mark in September, 1998.
Member of three World Series championship teams. 1960 & 1961 American League Most Valuable Player.
Never lived as the sole single season home run champion. In 1991, Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent removed the controversial asterisk from his single season home run record (61 in 1961), making him the home run champion. The record has since been broken by Mark McGwire (70 home runs in 1998) and Barry Bonds (73 home runs in 2001).
Outfielder for four major league baseball teams, 1957-68. In 1961, set the record for most home runs in a season (61).
Played Major League Baseball for four different teams from 1957 to 1968.
Roger Maris is honored by his hometown of Fargo North Dakota Where the Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tourney is Held Every June 23 and 24 Also Fargo Hold the prestigious Roger Maris Museum in the West Acres Mall.
Roomate of Mickey Mantle's while with the New York Yankees.
The movie 61* is the story of his 1961 season.
Yankees honored Maris with a monument plaque in their historic Monument Park, located in the outfield of Yankee Stadium.