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Roger Maris

Roger Eugene Maris
born Roger Eugene Maras

All-Star Player

Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN
High School: Bishop Shanley (Fargo, ND)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Final Game: September 29, 1968
Died: December 14, 1985 in Houston, TX
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1957 22 CLE AL 116 424 358 61 84 9 5 14 51 8 4 60 79 .235 .344 .405 .749 105 145 6 1 3 2 5 *87/9
1958 23 TOT AL 150 637 583 87 140 19 4 28 80 4 2 45 85 .240 .294 .431 .725 97 251 2 2 2 5 3 *98
1958 23 CLE AL 51 202 182 26 41 5 1 9 27 4 2 17 33 .225 .287 .412 .699 91 75 0 0 0 3 2 89
1958 23 KCA AL 99 435 401 61 99 14 3 19 53 0 0 28 52 .247 .298 .439 .737 99 176 2 2 2 2 1 98
1959 24 KCA AL 122 498 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 2 1 58 53 .273 .359 .464 .824 123 201 4 3 0 4 5 *9/8 AS
1960 25 NYY AL 136 578 499 98 141 18 7 39 112 2 2 70 65 .283 .371 .581 .952 161 290 6 3 1 5 4 *9/8 AS,MVP-1,GG
1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 61 142 0 0 94 67 .269 .372 .620 .993 167 366 16 7 0 7 0 *98 AS,MVP-1
1962 27 NYY AL 157 687 590 92 151 34 1 33 100 1 0 87 78 .256 .356 .485 .840 127 286 7 6 1 3 11 *98 AS
1963 28 NYY AL 90 351 312 53 84 14 1 23 53 1 0 35 40 .269 .346 .542 .887 145 169 2 2 1 1 3 9/8
1964 29 NYY AL 141 584 513 86 144 12 2 26 71 3 0 62 78 .281 .364 .464 .828 128 238 7 6 1 2 1 *98 MVP-25
1965 30 NYY AL 46 186 155 22 37 7 0 8 27 0 0 29 29 .239 .357 .439 .795 126 68 4 0 1 1 1 9
1966 31 NYY AL 119 391 348 37 81 9 2 13 43 0 0 36 60 .233 .307 .382 .689 102 133 8 3 0 4 3 9/8
1967 32 STL NL 125 472 410 64 107 18 7 9 55 0 0 52 61 .261 .346 .405 .751 116 166 10 4 1 5 3 *9/8
1968 33 STL NL 100 340 310 25 79 18 2 5 45 0 0 24 38 .255 .307 .374 .681 105 116 3 1 1 4 3 9
12 Seasons 1463 5846 5101 826 1325 195 42 275 851 21 9 652 733 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 2429 75 38 12 43 42
162 Game Avg. 162 647 565 91 147 22 5 30 94 2 1 72 81 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 269 8 4 1 5 5
NYY (7 yrs) 850 3475 3007 520 797 110 17 203 548 7 2 413 417 .265 .356 .515 .872 140 1550 50 27 5 23 23
STL (2 yrs) 225 812 720 89 186 36 9 14 100 0 0 76 99 .258 .330 .392 .721 111 282 13 5 2 9 6
KCA (2 yrs) 221 933 834 130 217 35 10 35 125 2 1 86 105 .260 .331 .452 .783 112 377 6 5 2 6 6
CLE (2 yrs) 167 626 540 87 125 14 6 23 78 12 6 77 112 .231 .326 .407 .733 101 220 6 1 3 5 7
AL (10 yrs) 1238 5034 4381 737 1139 159 33 261 751 21 9 576 634 .260 .348 .490 .838 130 2147 62 33 10 34 36
NL (2 yrs) 225 812 720 89 186 36 9 14 100 0 0 76 99 .258 .330 .392 .721 111 282 13 5 2 9 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 25 NYY AL WS PIT L 7 32 30 6 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 .267 .313 .500 .813 15 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 NYY AL WS CIN W 5 23 19 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .105 .261 .316 .577 6 0 0 0 0 1
1962 27 NYY AL WS SFG W 7 28 23 4 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 5 2 .174 .321 .348 .669 8 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 29 NYY AL WS STL L 7 31 30 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 .200 .226 .300 .526 9 1 0 0 0 0
1967 32 STL NL WS BOS W 7 30 26 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 1 .385 .433 .538 .972 14 1 0 0 1 0
1968 33 STL NL WS DET L 6 22 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .158 .273 .211 .483 4 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 41 171 152 26 33 5 0 6 18 0 0 18 21 .217 .298 .368 .667 56 3 0 0 1 1
7 WS 41 171 152 26 33 5 0 6 18 0 0 18 21 .217 .298 .368 .667 56 3 0 0 1 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1957 CLE AL 22 OF 112 99 910.0 283 266 10 7 2 .975 -0.1 -0.1 -5.1 -1.2 -3.9 5 2.73 2.46 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 CLE AL 22 CF 87 74 679.1 218 206 7 5 1 .977 -6.7 -11.8 -9.7 -4.2 -5.5 3 2.82 2.45 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 CLE AL 22 LF 27 19 177.2 55 49 4 2 1 .964 4.7 31.7 2.7 2.4 0.3 2 2.68 1.96 .980 2.10 1.70
1957 CLE AL 22 RF 7 6 53.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.9 43.0 1.9 0.6 1.3 0 2.38 2.00 .979 1.94 1.69
1958 TOT AL 23 OF 146 142 1268.1 327 303 15 9 4 .972 3.3 3.1 2.3 3.8 -1.3 1 2.26 2.18 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 TOT AL 23 RF 113 100 918.1 194 177 11 6 3 .969 -3.4 -4.4 -3.4 1.4 -4.8 0 1.84 1.66 .980 1.99 1.69
1958 TOT AL 23 CF 48 42 350.0 129 123 3 3 1 .977 6.7 23.0 5.7 2.4 3.5 1 3.24 2.63 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 CLE AL 23 OF 47 44 390.0 123 113 6 4 1 .967 2.4 7.4 3.4 2.4 1.1 -1 2.75 2.53 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 CLE AL 23 CF 27 23 200.0 76 72 2 2 1 .974 3.6 21.6 3.6 1.9 1.8 0 3.33 2.74 .986 2.68 2.29
1958 CLE AL 23 RF 23 21 190.0 46 41 3 2 0 .957 -1.2 -7.6 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 -1 2.08 1.91 .980 1.99 1.69
1958 KCA AL 23 OF 99 98 878.1 204 190 9 5 3 .975 0.9 1.2 -1.1 1.4 -2.4 2 2.04 2.01 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 KCA AL 23 RF 90 79 728.1 148 136 8 4 3 .973 -2.2 -3.6 -3.2 0.9 -4.1 1 1.78 1.60 .980 1.99 1.69
1958 KCA AL 23 CF 21 19 150.0 53 51 1 1 0 .981 3.1 24.8 2.1 0.5 1.7 1 3.12 2.48 .985 2.68 2.29
1959 KCA AL 24 OF 117 110 994.2 244 231 7 6 4 .975 4.2 5.1 1.2 -0.1 1.2 3 2.15 2.03 .980 2.22 1.96 AS
1959 KCA AL 24 RF 114 106 960.2 235 223 6 6 4 .974 4.8 6.0 2.8 1.3 1.4 2 2.15 2.01 .976 1.89 1.64 AS
1959 KCA AL 24 CF 5 4 34.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -21.2 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 1 2.38 1.80 .978 2.73 2.44 AS
1960 NYY AL 25 OF 131 131 1153.1 273 263 6 4 1 .985 19.4 20.2 15.4 9.1 6.1 4 2.10 2.05 .982 2.25 1.95 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 NYY AL 25 RF 127 127 1102.1 262 253 6 3 0 .989 17.6 19.2 14.6 8.7 5.8 3 2.11 2.04 .974 1.95 1.68 AS,MVP-1,GG
1960 NYY AL 25 CF 8 4 51.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 1.8 42.4 0.8 0.4 0.3 1 2.82 2.00 .988 2.66 2.30 AS,MVP-1,GG
1961 NYY AL 26 OF 160 160 1402.0 284 266 9 9 1 .968 1.2 1.0 -1.8 -4.3 2.5 3 1.77 1.72 .977 2.25 1.98 AS,MVP-1
1961 NYY AL 26 RF 150 148 1282.0 259 242 9 8 1 .969 0.3 0.3 -2.7 -3.1 0.4 3 1.76 1.67 .976 2.06 1.75 AS,MVP-1
1961 NYY AL 26 CF 17 12 120.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 0.9 9.0 0.9 -1.2 2.1 0 2.25 1.76 .984 2.59 2.24 AS,MVP-1
1962 NYY AL 27 OF 154 151 1346.1 323 316 4 3 0 .991 -1.1 -1.0 0.9 -3.1 4.0 -2 2.14 2.08 .980 2.19 1.92 AS
1962 NYY AL 27 RF 102 89 780.0 160 157 2 1 0 .994 -3.8 -5.8 -0.8 -4.6 3.8 -3 1.83 1.56 .979 2.00 1.71 AS
1962 NYY AL 27 CF 65 62 566.1 162 158 2 2 0 .988 2.7 5.7 1.7 1.5 0.2 1 2.54 2.46 .986 2.57 2.18 AS
1963 NYY AL 28 OF 86 85 708.1 170 162 6 2 1 .988 6.2 10.5 5.2 0.8 4.4 1 2.13 1.95 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 NYY AL 28 RF 86 85 706.1 168 161 5 2 1 .988 6.6 11.2 5.6 1.2 4.4 1 2.12 1.93 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 NYY AL 28 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1964 NYY AL 29 OF 137 132 1197.0 257 250 6 1 0 .996 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 0.8 1 1.92 1.87 .980 2.04 1.79 MVP-25
1964 NYY AL 29 RF 114 109 987.0 212 206 5 1 0 .995 9.3 11.3 7.3 4.1 3.2 2 1.92 1.85 .984 1.88 1.61 MVP-25
1964 NYY AL 29 CF 23 23 210.0 42 42 0 0 0 1.000 -3.3 -18.9 -2.3 0.1 -2.4 -1 1.80 1.83 .981 2.45 2.13 MVP-25
1965 NYY AL 30 OF 43 42 367.0 69 66 1 2 0 .971 -1.1 -3.6 -1.1 -2.4 1.3 0 1.64 1.56 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 NYY AL 30 RF 43 42 367.0 67 64 1 2 0 .970 -1.1 -3.6 -1.1 -2.4 1.3 0 1.59 1.51 .978 1.85 1.57
1966 NYY AL 31 OF 95 93 778.1 137 133 3 1 0 .993 -8.0 -12.3 -9.0 -5.4 -3.6 1 1.57 1.43 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 NYY AL 31 RF 94 92 776.1 133 129 3 1 0 .992 -7.9 -12.2 -8.9 -5.3 -3.6 1 1.53 1.40 .979 1.94 1.69
1966 NYY AL 31 CF 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
1967 STL NL 32 OF 118 100 942.1 231 224 5 2 1 .991 9.4 12.0 7.4 2.3 5.1 2 2.19 1.94 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 STL NL 32 RF 118 100 933.1 228 221 5 2 1 .991 9.6 12.3 7.6 2.3 5.3 2 2.18 1.92 .975 2.04 1.76
1967 STL NL 32 CF 2 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.30 2.05
1968 STL NL 33 OF 84 71 667.2 176 169 4 3 1 .983 5.3 9.5 6.3 5.5 0.7 -1 2.33 2.06 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 STL NL 33 RF 84 71 667.2 176 170 3 3 1 .983 5.3 9.5 6.3 5.5 0.7 -1 2.33 2.06 .981 2.02 1.77
12 Seasons OF 1383 1316 11735.1 2774 2649 76 49 15 .982 44.7 4.6 26.7 9.2 17.3 18 2.09 1.97 .980 2.17 1.90
12 Seasons RF 1152 1075 9534.0 2108 2017 56 35 11 .983 39.2 4.9 29.2 9.7 19.2 10 1.96 1.80 .978 1.97 1.70
10 Seasons CF 257 222 2023.2 609 584 13 12 2 .980 0.8 0.5 -5.2 -2.9 -2.2 6 2.66 2.32 .984 2.63 2.28
1 Season LF 27 19 177.2 55 49 4 2 1 .964 4.7 31.7 2.7 2.4 0.3 2 2.68 1.96 .980 2.10 1.70
12 Seasons TOT 1383 1316 11735.1 2774 2649 76 49 15 .982 44.7 4.6 26.7 9.2 17.3 18 2.09 1.97 .962 2.17 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1974 BBWAA (21.4%)
1975 BBWAA (19.3%)
1976 BBWAA (22.4%)
1977 BBWAA (21.4%)
1978 BBWAA (21.9%)
1979 BBWAA (29.4%)
1980 BBWAA (28.8%)
1981 BBWAA (23.4%)
1982 BBWAA (16.6%)
1983 BBWAA (18.4%)
1984 BBWAA (26.6%)
1985 BBWAA (32.4%)
1986 BBWAA (41.6%)
1987 BBWAA (42.6%)
1988 BBWAA (43.1%)

All-Star Games
1959-2 (RF)
1960-1 (RF)
1960-2 (RF)
1961-1 (RF)
1961-2 *
1962-1 (CF)
1962-2 (CF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 AL MVP
1961 ML Major League Player of the Year
1961 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (1, 67%)
1961 AL (1, 72%)
1964 AL (25, 1%)
2 MVPs
1.40 Career Shares (155th)

Gold Gloves
1960 AL (RF)

Slugging % s c a p y
1960 AL  .581 (1st)
1961 AL  .620 (4th)
1962 AL  .485 (9th)
Career  .476 (196th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1960 AL  .952 (2nd)
1961 AL  .993 (5th)
1962 AL  .840 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1958 AL  150 (7th)
1961 AL  161 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 AL  583 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 AL  637 (8th)
1961 AL  698 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  87 (7th)
1960 AL  98 (2nd)
1961 AL  132 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1958 AL  251 (10th)
1960 AL  290 (2nd)
1961 AL  366 (1st)
1962 AL  286 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1962 AL  34 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1959 AL  7 (3rd)
1960 AL  7 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 AL  28 (7th)
1960 AL  39 (2nd)
1961 AL  61 (1st)
1962 AL  33 (5th)
Career  275 (155th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1960 AL  112 (1st)
1961 AL  142 (1st)
1962 AL  100 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 AL  94 (8th)
1962 AL  87 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 AL  79 (10th)
1958 AL  85 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1960 AL  161 (2nd)
1961 AL  167 (4th)
1962 AL  127 (10th)
Career  127 (199th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1960 AL  111 (2nd)
1961 AL  138 (4th)
1962 AL  107 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1960 AL  41 (3rd)
1961 AL  54 (4th)
1962 AL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1960 AL  4.0 (3rd)
1961 AL  5.2 (4th)
1962 AL  2.4 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  51 (8th)
1960 AL  64 (1st)
1961 AL  81 (1st)
1962 AL  68 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 AL  260 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1959 AL  .659 (9th)
1960 AL  .744 (2nd)
1961 AL  .735 (6th)
1962 AL  .650 (10th)
1964 AL  .684 (9th)
Career  .650 (202nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (7th)
1964 AL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 AL  11 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1957 AL  10.2 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 AL  20.8 (9th)
1960 AL  12.8 (1st)
1961 AL  9.7 (2nd)
1962 AL  17.9 (7th)
1964 AL  19.7 (9th)
Career  18.5 (81st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 AL  454 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 18 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 57 (433), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 85 (201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (635), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Reggie Jackson (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Reggie Jackson (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jesse Barfield (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jesse Barfield (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward to the Kansas City Athletics for Woodie Held and Vic Power.

December 11, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley to the New York Yankees for Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry.

December 8, 1966: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.

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