Roger Maris
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Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home
Left to right: Babe Ruth's 60th home run bat (1927), Roger Maris's 61st home run bat (1961), and Mark McGwire's and Sammy Sosa's 70th and 66th home run bats (1998)
Roger Maris's number 9 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1984.
The Roger Maris Museum in Fargo
Roger Maris plaque in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park
61*
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61* is a 2001 American sports drama television film directed and co-executive produced by Billy Crystal and written by Hank Steinberg. It stars Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Ma
Roger Maris
…only 30 baseball players have been given their own commemorative U.S. postage stamp as of 2022. Actor Barry Pepper portrayed Maris in the 2001 HBO film 61*, directed by Billy Crystal. In 2005, in light of accusations of steroid use against the three players who had, by then, hit more than 61 home runs in…
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