Where does Roger Maris rank among baseball greats?

Roger Maris ranks #26 among the Top 50 all-time at RF. Rankings? Best Season: 1961 Of course he hit the 61 homers (which were actually never marked with an asterisk), but he also drove in 142 runs, scored 132 times, and had a .372 OBP despite a mediocre .269 average.

Maris hit 30 homers in Yankee Stadium and 31 on the road; hit 49 gainst RHP and 12 against lefties; and hit .328 with 15 homers and 77 RBI with runners in scoring position. He won his second straight MVP Award. Fortunately, his .105 (2-for-19) average in the Fall Classic did nothing to stop the Yanks from defeating the Reds.

Factoids Roger Maris held the single-season home run record for a longer time (37 years), than did Babe Ruth (34). The Asterisk that Wasn't It's amazing how many people continue to tell the story that Roger Maris's 61 homers in 1961 were marked with an asterisk by Major League Baseball and Commissioner Ford Frick. Here's an excellent account of the real story, from baseball historian Bill Deane: ... more.

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