As a young boy growing up in the Bronx all I ever heard was Babe, Lou, Joe or Mick; but from my grandfather, father and their domino playing buddies, Roger Maris was the single and most complete player ever. My father would remind me over and over, that is how one stands at the plate, holds the bat and swing it. Roger Maris was and is still the only sports idol I ever had and taught me to never, never brag.
Roger should be in the Hall of Fame. One of the best clutch hitters ever, three World Series championships, seven pennants and two MVPs. Hank Aaron said he was one of the most complete players to ever play the game.
Statistics never did tell the story of Roger Maris. I saw Maris play from beginning to end and he was a TRUE HALL OF FAMER. As smooth a player as there ever was.
@@ThekiBoranadmittedly looks lame when you state the facts like that, but here are a couple more to give you an idea why some people feel so strongly that Roger maris belongs - Roger maris won the most valuable player award in consecutive years meaning for two consecutive years he was pretty much the best baseball player on the planet and those who saw him play know what a complete player he was, tremendous throwing arm from right field. I conclude by saying he was never the same after getting hurt however being hurt he went to the st Louis Cardinals and in his two years there his teams went to the seventh game of the world series twice becoming world champions once. That's my two cents. Probably not worth that.
@@atlasshrugged1855 He had 3 good years in '60, '61 and '62 with '61 being a monster year. It's not the Hall of 3 Great Years or the Hall of Intangibles. The Hall of Fame is for sustained excellence over at least a 10 year period, Koufax being one of the few exceptions. You simply have to have some of those milestone numbers like 500 homers or 3,000 hits or an insanely good glove and arm like Ozzie Smith or Bill Mazeraski. I think the writers have made mistakes like Baines, for example, but I agree with them on Maris. You gotta put up the numbers cuz numbers don't lie.
Roger was my favorite player growing up. I so idolized him as a young 9 year old kid and a natural right handed batter I learned to bat left too. RIP Roger.
One of the greatest all around players, ever. Roger belongs in HOF . HE was a winner and much more than simple numbers. RIP Roger. My idol when I was a kid.
Just three thing he was dealt w/: the evil media, death threats from fans [including Yankee fans themselves], and the commissioner. What a scary world he dealt w/.
I was nine years old in 1961 and not a Yankees fan. I have never been one, but Roger Maris has always been my all-time favorite player. He was the kind of role model both on and off the field that seems so sorely needed today.
I met Roger in 1962, at my first Yankee game at the stadium, at 10 years old. He was just what Costa said, humble and a great ball player. From North Dakota!
l am 74 yrs old grew up watching Rodger Maris and Mickey Mantle both were simply great and yes Rodger Maris does belong in Hall of Fame, him and Mickey are in my Hall of Fame thats for sure.
Me too.i was a 6 uear old kid in edison n.j and my friends and i wanted mickey to win it. But uou cant take anything away from maris. He won fair and square . A great accomplishment.
I was a Little Leaguer about the time when Maris and Mantle were at their prime. We kept up with all the stats and would listen to games on our transistor radios. Maris was awesome. And I still remember listening when Bill Mazeroski (with the Pittsburg Pirates)hit a home run to beat the Yankees in game 7 to win the 1960 World Series. I was 11 and in the 5th grade. I wish kids here in 2020 could have so much fun.
Imagine someone accusing Maris of using Amphetamines with no basis in fact at all and then say Barry Bonds is the true homerun king. Bonds hit averaged 31 hr's until age 35 and then averaged 40 after 35. He went from 185 lbs his rookie year to 240 when he retired. His hat size went from 7 1/8 to 7 1/2. No one in baseball but Bonds has averaged more home runs after age 35 than before they turned 35. Barry hit more than 40 hr's 3 times by age 35. He hit more than 45 hr's 5 years in a row after age 35. 73 in one year. MR. 'ROID!
I had the chance to officiate a baseball game a few years back for St Francis Catholic school from Gainesville Florida when they came here to play in Central Florida. ..Roger's 2 boys were coaching the team...one boy looked like Roger and the other like his mom...In the 2 games the coaches were very professional and great ambassadors for the game...no bitching about balls and strikes or close judgement calls in the field..they were the epitome of class... they only questioned a rule interpretation on a substitution...before during and after the game there was a buzz in the stands on how Roger was still the home run champion...Roger taught them the game well....U got a great feeling that Roger's sprit was at the game.....
Proud record holder for decades. A class act on and off the field and a good all around player, particularly in the outfield. A great teammate as well. A credit to the Yankees and baseball as well. RIP. # 9 .👍❤
He was a class act!!!! and amidst the controversy that Mantle and him were furiously competing for that ultimate prize ....it was far from the truth as they were always close friends.
Couldn't help but notice that is a lovely, classical instrumental of The Greatest Love Of All playing in the background. It sounded like this much older, timeless piece.
Just came across this today, on Oct 7th, as the playoffs begin, 61 years after one of the greatest records ever set, Roger's 61- in61*, finally a Yankee has it, Aaron Judge ends 2022 with 62 homeruns, a new AL record, & honestly what should be the MLB record, God bless Roger Maris, & go Yankees!!!
I was 13 in 61 and kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings following the home run chase. We lived in a small village in New Brunswick, where I could catch the Yankees on radio. I would beat a ball around the big field in front of our house pretending to be Roger and Mickey. FUN.
Plenty of debate about Maris whether or not he belongs in the Hall but whether is gets in or not he is a baseball legend and many more people know his name than a good number of Hall of famers
ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE ALL TIME GRRRRREAT BALLPLAYERS,HUMAN BEINGS AND TRUE AMERICAN GOD BLESS ROGER MARIS AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!!!THE WORLD OF SPORTS AND LIFE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU🇺🇸👮♂️👩⚕️👮🧑🚒🗽🥇👍💪🤟
Call me a Softy, but I get choked up watching these things. There were a number of players "Back then," as I was a young baseball player myself, that I idolized. So sad that---one by One, they fade off into the distance. GOD rest their souls.
“So long til tomorrow” confirmed a few things for me. 1. NFL studio show; 2. If it were Sunday, he wouldn’t see us tomorrow; 3. Ergo, it must be a Saturday, and furthermore; 4. It must be December, because that’s when Saturday NFL games start to occur, given it’s the end of regular season college football to compete with in tv scheduling. Sure enough: Saturday, December 14, 1985. RIP Roger Maris.
Roger Maris was a very good baseball player who broke the greatest baseball player ever's record, and for lot's of people that was inappropriate. I'm not one of those people. Had Mantle done it, it wouldn't have been considered an affront since Mantle was a great baseball player. But for what it's worth, Maris was a fine baseball player who didn't feel he ever got the credit he deserved for breaking a cherished record. The only thing he ever did was try his hardest to be the best player he could be, and for one brilliant season his skill produced numbers as good as anyone ever has produced. But more than that, he did it clean, and the last 20 years have done more to shine a bright light on Roger and what a worthy record-breaker he was than anything that happened before that, including 1961. His swing was made for the stadium.
A real man.a humble man.a teamate.a yankee true and true.a father.a great citizen a great neighbor.a complete unselfish ball player.the true single season homerun king.sir u were lot of young boys real hero.so graceful.thank you sir for showing us how real men carried them selfs.still tear up hearing Bob coasted tell america roger lost his epic battle with cancer.
Growing up at 11 years I lived and breathed the home run race between Mantle and Maris. The biggest crime of my young life was being stuck in school with no radio during one of baseballs greatest races not to mention the radio call of the world series. Back in those days I would have dropped dead playing ⚾️ if giving the chance. ❤️
I totally agree. I was 13 in ‘61 and a baseball fanatic. We would BEG the nuns to let us listen to an inning of the World Series ! We would run home from school and maybe catch the last inning ! Tortuous, but somehow seemed more exciting than today !
He was a very good player and a FANTASTIC outfielder. I don't think he's quite a HOF, but nobody should doubt that Roger was a complete baseball player and an exceptional person.
Loved the lack of frills, no gold chains, no body armor, no batting gloves. Hit a home run, put your head down and trot around the bases. And this for one of the most iconic home runs ever.
I'm a solid, but average sized guy. My dimensions--arms, legs, chest--are exactly Maris's. That he cranked all those homers with a body like mine impresses me to no end.
BUT, he has a career total of just 275 HR. Batting average of .260, and only 850 RBIs. One Gold Glove. For a middle infielder, that would work, but NOT a corner outfielder. Even with consecutive MVPs.
probably not...but then again...how many players are in the HOF who don't have the "career numbers"? Quite a few. Rizzuto, Mazeroski, Barry Larkin, to name a few. All very good players, but nowhere near HOF-worthy if you go by the numbers. Plus none of them can say they broke what was once baseball's most iconic record. So why let these guys in and deny Maris?
The only thing that Maris was ever accused of was going after The Babe's record in the first place. He should be given the record back, go into the hall of fame along with Pete Rose.
What if they didn’t trade Perez ? Maybe the Bronx Zoo doesn’t take over right away. Driessen was NOWHERE NEAR PEREZ ‘ S equal offensively. NOT EVEN CLOSE !!!!! AND, Tony even SPOKE better. lol. I STILL HAVE “ Reds Greatest Hits-76” AND “One Stop Along The Way”- The Story( ?) / ballad(?) of Johnny Bench.
Zoltan Karpathy Maris only had a couple very good seasons. Raines had a great career and is one of the best leadoff hitters in the history of the sport. WS titles don't mean anything because that's not an individual accolade although Raines did win a couple towards the end of his career with the Yankees. Plenty of mediocre players have multiple rings and some of the best ever to play have none.
I am old enough to remember Maris hitting his 61st home run. I have read every book ever written about him or about the Yankees of that era. Nowhere has any reputable writer ever claimed that Roger Maris used amphetamines. You are simply making this up based on nothing. Maris was about as straight of a shooter as there could be, a blue collar, plain living guy.
What a lovely tribute. Well done Roger Maris and well done Bob Costas.
As a young boy growing up in the Bronx all I ever heard was Babe, Lou, Joe or Mick; but from my grandfather, father and their domino playing buddies, Roger Maris was the single and most complete player ever. My father would remind me over and over, that is how one stands at the plate, holds the bat and swing it. Roger Maris was and is still the only sports idol I ever had and taught me to never, never brag.
Roger should be in the Hall of Fame. One of the best clutch hitters ever, three World Series championships, seven pennants and two MVPs. Hank Aaron said he was one of the most complete players to ever play the game.
Died at 51 yikes! I’m 66 now sheesh!! Thank you for another day Lord.
STILL the single season home run record holder as far as I am concerned.
And should be in the Hall of Fame.
He did it clean without any kind of drugs. He is still the HR King!!
RIP Roger
Crazy to say not anymore. At least the record was broken by someone with class.
@@Dime-bz6hc He still broke Ruth's and, not to infer anything, there is still time for allegations or admissions to appear.
Statistics never did tell the story of Roger Maris. I saw Maris play from beginning to end and he was a TRUE HALL OF FAMER. As smooth a player as there ever was.
Greenwolfe Green mantle was great but Roger hit 61 while Mickey hit 54
A .260 average, 1325 hits and 275 homers won't get you into Cooperstown.
Que gusto que pudo verlo en vivo o en directo. Vengo de ver la película "61" y me gustó mucho.
@@ThekiBoranadmittedly looks lame when you state the facts like that, but here are a couple more to give you an idea why some people feel so strongly that Roger maris belongs - Roger maris won the most valuable player award in consecutive years meaning for two consecutive years he was pretty much the best baseball player on the planet and those who saw him play know what a complete player he was, tremendous throwing arm from right field. I conclude by saying he was never the same after getting hurt however being hurt he went to the st Louis Cardinals and in his two years there his teams went to the seventh game of the world series twice becoming world champions once. That's my two cents. Probably not worth that.
@@atlasshrugged1855
He had 3 good years in '60, '61 and '62 with '61 being a monster year.
It's not the Hall of 3 Great Years or the Hall of Intangibles.
The Hall of Fame is for sustained excellence over at least a 10 year period, Koufax being one of the few exceptions. You simply have to have some of those milestone numbers like 500 homers or 3,000 hits or an insanely good glove and arm like Ozzie Smith or Bill Mazeraski.
I think the writers have made mistakes like Baines, for example, but I agree with them on Maris. You gotta put up the numbers cuz numbers don't lie.
Roger was my favorite player growing up. I so idolized him as a young 9 year old kid and a natural right handed batter I learned to bat left too. RIP Roger.
Wow, this is the most touching and heart-felt tribute to a felled sportsman that I have ever heard. Thank you Mr. Costas!
One of the greatest all around players, ever. Roger belongs in HOF . HE was a winner and much more than simple numbers. RIP Roger. My idol when I was a kid.
He doesn't have the stats. .260 average, 275 homers, 1325 hits. Those are not HOF numbers.
Roger Maris definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Roger and Mickey were my favorite Yankees players In the sixties.
@@tommcconville4270
Why haven't they elected him to the HOF?
Yes he was. And I hated the Yankees. Saw him in 64 series when I was 17 he PLAYED CF. an excellent all around athlete who we a great teammate,
Because a guy was your favorite does not make him a hall of famer.
After he hit the home run, his teammates had to literally push him out of the dugout to take a bow.
No roids, no juiced balls, no corked, custom bats. One of the most underrated feats in sports history.
Just three thing he was dealt w/: the evil media, death threats from fans [including Yankee fans themselves], and the commissioner. What a scary world he dealt w/.
What about amphetamines?
@@ThekiBoran Amphetamines ?? Is that a Rock group ??
MLB juiced the balls in 1920.
@@ExclusiveLM
No, it's a place where they dig amphetas out of the ground.
I was nine years old in 1961 and not a Yankees fan. I have never been one, but Roger Maris has always been my all-time favorite player. He was the kind of role model both on and off the field that seems so sorely needed today.
GREAT short tribute NBC and Bob Costas...you are RIGHT Bobby, the people/AKA players, do matter.
I met Roger in 1962, at my first Yankee game at the stadium, at 10 years old. He was just what Costa said, humble and a great ball player. From North Dakota!
he was a helluva player..HALL OF FAMER
I have never and will never visit the HOF until Maris and Rose are inducted.
Wonderful man and a really sad story. Gone at 51 from lymphoma.
Roger Maris-still the all-time single season HR Champion
asterisk or no asterisk.. this is the real home run king
I love Costas for this!!
Yes Bob costas does a nice job on tributes to heros
l am 74 yrs old grew up watching Rodger Maris and Mickey Mantle both were simply great and yes Rodger Maris does belong in Hall of Fame,
him and Mickey are in my Hall of Fame thats for sure.
I was a Mantle fan, but am sure proud of Maris for his accomplishment
Mickey was also proud of him.
I'm not sure there will ever be another back to back team like Mantle and Maris.
Me too.i was a 6 uear old kid in edison n.j and my friends and i wanted mickey to win it. But uou cant take anything away from maris. He won fair and square . A great accomplishment.
Thank you, Bob, for everything.
I was a Little Leaguer about the time when Maris and Mantle were at their prime. We kept up with all the stats and would listen to games on our transistor radios. Maris was awesome. And I still remember listening when Bill Mazeroski (with the Pittsburg Pirates)hit a home run to beat the Yankees in game 7 to win the 1960 World Series. I was 11 and in the 5th grade. I wish kids here in 2020 could have so much fun.
Such an iconic humble class act to baseball and all of us. Forever revered and rememvered.
God bless #9.
I still have my Rawlings Roger Maris model glove from 1962...RIP.
Say what you want about Costas.
But he's a classy guy. And smart.
Yes he is. He knows baseball. Terrific announcer.
I've always loved Bob Costas , such a gentleman 👍
thanks for posting this.....a true hero that didnt want the fame
To young to die. Maris was a great teammate and family man.
Imagine someone accusing Maris of using Amphetamines with no basis in fact at all and then say Barry Bonds is the true homerun king. Bonds hit averaged 31 hr's until age 35 and then averaged 40 after 35. He went from 185 lbs his rookie year to 240 when he retired. His hat size went from 7 1/8 to 7 1/2. No one in baseball but Bonds has averaged more home runs after age 35 than before they turned 35. Barry hit more than 40 hr's 3 times by age 35. He hit more than 45 hr's 5 years in a row after age 35. 73 in one year.
MR. 'ROID!
Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa... cheaters and bums!
Bless the man on CZcams who posted this and says 33 is "very young."
I remember him well. A great overall ballplayer, and a real gentleman.
I had the chance to officiate a baseball game a few years back for St Francis Catholic school from Gainesville Florida when they came here to play in Central Florida. ..Roger's 2 boys were coaching the team...one boy looked like Roger and the other like his mom...In the 2 games the coaches were very professional and great ambassadors for the game...no bitching about balls and strikes or close judgement calls in the field..they were the epitome of class... they only questioned a rule interpretation on a substitution...before during and after the game there was a buzz in the stands on how Roger was still the home run champion...Roger taught them the game well....U got a great feeling that Roger's sprit was at the game.....
Good story.
Very nice story.
Why would anyone give this two and a half minute clip a thumbs down?
Proud record holder for decades. A class act on and off the field and a good all around player, particularly in the outfield. A great teammate as well. A credit to the Yankees and baseball as well. RIP. # 9 .👍❤
He was a class act!!!! and amidst the controversy that Mantle and him were furiously competing for that ultimate prize ....it was far from the truth as they were always close friends.
"How about that ?"
I will always believe Roger belongs in the Hall of Fame.
Rest in Peace Mr. 61⚾️
Mike Pardue ✌
Couldn't help but notice that is a lovely, classical instrumental of The Greatest Love Of All playing in the background. It sounded like this much older, timeless piece.
Still, the legitimate single season home run champion. One of my boyhood heroes along side of Mickey Mantle.
Just came across this today, on Oct 7th, as the playoffs begin, 61 years after one of the greatest records ever set, Roger's 61- in61*, finally a Yankee has it, Aaron Judge ends 2022 with 62 homeruns, a new AL record, & honestly what should be the MLB record, God bless Roger Maris, & go Yankees!!!
Roger needs to be in the HOF.🥰🥰🥰
I was 13 in 61 and kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings following the home run chase. We lived in a small village in New Brunswick, where I could catch the Yankees on radio. I would beat a ball around the big field in front of our house pretending to be Roger and Mickey. FUN.
I can tell you exactly who were the 3 dislikes easily- Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds.
Plenty of debate about Maris whether or not he belongs in the Hall but whether is gets in or not he is a baseball legend and many more people know his name than a good number of Hall of famers
No one outside of the steroid era, has surpassed 61 home runs. That's gotta tell you something!!
could happen this year.
Steven Czerniawski... Very well said.
61 still stands for me Not those dopers Sosa and McGuire Put Roger in the hall of fame bozos
Henry Aaron still has the all-time record and Maris has the single season record in my book. Legends.
@@neilsanders4097 You don't know if the steroids were available at the time that he wouldn't have taken them. Probably not, but we don't know.
ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE ALL TIME GRRRRREAT BALLPLAYERS,HUMAN BEINGS AND TRUE AMERICAN GOD BLESS ROGER MARIS AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!!!THE WORLD OF SPORTS AND LIFE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU🇺🇸👮♂️👩⚕️👮🧑🚒🗽🥇👍💪🤟
And it is haunting how actor Barry Pepper so resembles him.
Pure talent!
Call me a Softy, but I get choked up watching these things.
There were a number of players "Back then," as I was a young
baseball player myself, that I idolized. So sad that---one by
One, they fade off into the distance. GOD rest their souls.
My brother died at age 52, so I know how young FIFTY-ONE is ...
My Dad died at 52 as well. I know that feeling.
My condolences to both of you.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Underappreciated..
Tears watching Babe Ruth’s record crumble. My first childhood hero!
61 in 1961. 61 years later Judge ties record.
Thanks for posting this. I recall this vividly. It was how I learned of Maris’ death. Was it a Steelers-Giants game?
Till my dying day Roger will always be my single season HOMERUN leader and I wasn’t even born yet to see it. RIP ROGER
This comment did not age well. Unless you're dead
“So long til tomorrow” confirmed a few things for me.
1. NFL studio show;
2. If it were Sunday, he wouldn’t see us tomorrow;
3. Ergo, it must be a Saturday, and furthermore;
4. It must be December, because that’s when Saturday NFL games start to occur, given it’s the end of regular season college football to compete with in tv scheduling.
Sure enough: Saturday, December 14, 1985. RIP Roger Maris.
That's when the baseballs and the batters weren't juiced.
Roger Maris was a very good baseball player who broke the greatest baseball player ever's record, and for lot's of people that was inappropriate. I'm not one of those people. Had Mantle done it, it wouldn't have been considered an affront since Mantle was a great baseball player. But for what it's worth, Maris was a fine baseball player who didn't feel he ever got the credit he deserved for breaking a cherished record. The only thing he ever did was try his hardest to be the best player he could be, and for one brilliant season his skill produced numbers as good as anyone ever has produced. But more than that, he did it clean, and the last 20 years have done more to shine a bright light on Roger and what a worthy record-breaker he was than anything that happened before that, including 1961. His swing was made for the stadium.
And to this day..... Most Home Runs in a Single season in the American League and without the steroid cheaters would still stand today
Costas and Maris ❤
A real man.a humble man.a teamate.a yankee true and true.a father.a great citizen a great neighbor.a complete unselfish ball player.the true single season homerun king.sir u were lot of young boys real hero.so graceful.thank you sir for showing us how real men carried them selfs.still tear up hearing Bob coasted tell america roger lost his epic battle with cancer.
What a fleeting rascal time is. 24 years from 61 home runs till his death in 1985. Now in 2012 27 years and counting since he died.
WHAT NEWS. !!!
ROGER MARIS...A NICE MAN ! I WENT TO HIS FUNERAL IN FARGO. PUT ROGER IN THE HALL-OF-FAME !!!
Rev. Jack
Class act!
I got to see him hit one of those 61 homer`s as a 10 year old kid in the first baseball game my dad took me to .......
Growing up at 11 years I lived and breathed the home run race between Mantle and Maris. The biggest crime of my young life was being stuck in school with no radio during one of baseballs greatest races not to mention the radio call of the world series. Back in those days I would have dropped dead playing ⚾️ if giving the chance. ❤️
I totally agree. I was 13 in ‘61 and a baseball fanatic. We would BEG the nuns to let us listen to an inning of the World Series ! We would run home from school and maybe catch the last inning ! Tortuous, but somehow seemed more exciting than today !
Roger was a great player and he should be in the HOF! Come on whoever is doing the voting, it's time for 9 to be there!!!!!!!
He was a very good player and a FANTASTIC outfielder. I don't think he's quite a HOF, but nobody should doubt that Roger was a complete baseball player and an exceptional person.
he done Something You FOOL No 1 else has Done ligit Ever
fANTASTIC OUTFIELDER Supreme HITTER NoT Worthy
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@@TheMimetolithman
No need to get nasty, mac Loud.
I agree. Roger absolutely positively deserve to be Hall of Fame.
Why? He only had a couple of great seasons.
His record is still 61. He is still the homerun king in my opinion.
power natural strong. men
Class guy
...today, 28 September 2022, Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit #61 matching Maris' record...with a few more games to go he MAY hit another...
Veterans committee; put Maris in the Hall of Fame.
The best to wear a Yankees uniform and make history of 61 homeruns.
He never received credit for being a great all around baseball player. Back then there was no DH. The player had to play a position.
Costas barely held it together at the end.
Loved the lack of frills, no gold chains, no body armor, no batting gloves. Hit a home run, put your head down and trot around the bases. And this for one of the most iconic home runs ever.
Amen to that!
Well at least he lived a full long life
I'm a solid, but average sized guy. My dimensions--arms, legs, chest--are exactly Maris's. That he cranked all those homers with a body like mine impresses me to no end.
Your definition of 'solid' is funny. You gelatinous mass/mess.
😅😊😂
BUT, he has a career total of just 275 HR. Batting average of .260, and only 850 RBIs. One Gold Glove. For a middle infielder, that would work, but NOT a corner outfielder. Even with consecutive MVPs.
Referring to only one Gold Glove award two words: Al Kaline.
probably not...but then again...how many players are in the HOF who don't have the "career numbers"? Quite a few. Rizzuto, Mazeroski, Barry Larkin, to name a few. All very good players, but nowhere near HOF-worthy if you go by the numbers. Plus none of them can say they broke what was once baseball's most iconic record. So why let these guys in and deny Maris?
...only 51 - he was a young guy...
Yes.
He had a lot of bat speed to go by the film, if they weren't running it fast.
Always the gentleman. Just a shame he had to break the record against my Red Sox.
The only thing that Maris was ever accused of was going after The Babe's record in the first place. He should be given the record back, go into the hall of fame along with Pete Rose.
I THINK Ruth played less games when he hit 60 so do themath get an adverage per homer per every 9 or so games
The Rajah!!!
Just think of the 76 Reds vs the 77/78 Yankees ?
Sorry folks, Ruth did it in 154.
Only 51.
Maris belongs in the hall of fame!
His career numbers are not good enough to be in the hall of fame. It is that simple.
What if they didn’t trade Perez ? Maybe the Bronx Zoo doesn’t take over right away. Driessen was NOWHERE NEAR PEREZ ‘ S equal offensively. NOT EVEN CLOSE !!!!! AND, Tony even SPOKE better. lol. I STILL HAVE “ Reds Greatest Hits-76” AND “One Stop Along The Way”- The Story( ?) / ballad(?) of Johnny Bench.
Induct him and the Hall of Fame will be complete.
+Keith Pixton Not really. He didn't have a career good enough to deserve a spot. A guy like Tim Raines deserves to get in far more than Maris.
Raines was a fine ballplayer, but Maris did win two MVPs a Gold Glove and was on 3 WS and 7 pennant winning teams.
And 7 time all-star!
Zoltan Karpathy Maris only had a couple very good seasons. Raines had a great career and is one of the best leadoff hitters in the history of the sport. WS titles don't mean anything because that's not an individual accolade although Raines did win a couple towards the end of his career with the Yankees. Plenty of mediocre players have multiple rings and some of the best ever to play have none.
Also Maris wasn't a 7 time allstar.
I am old enough to remember Maris hitting his 61st home run. I have read every book ever written about him or about the Yankees of that era. Nowhere has any reputable writer ever claimed that Roger Maris used amphetamines. You are simply making this up based on nothing. Maris was about as straight of a shooter as there could be, a blue collar, plain living guy.
His hatred of the press is what's keeping him out.
No, his career numbers will keep him out.
No. The press certainly gave him a hard time and he didn't handle the pressure as well as say, Mantle. Roger Maris doesn't have the numbers.
Should be in HOF. Others who did less are in. Roger should be too!
He didn't do that much outside of 1960-61.
Could you name those outfielders who did less that are in Cooperstown?