It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.
Roger Maris Quotes
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.
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| Birth: | 10th September, 1934 |
| Death: | 14th December, 1985 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Baseball Player |
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Roger Eugene Maris was an American baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball on four teams, from 1957 through 1968. Maris hit a record 61 home runs during the 1961 season for the New York Yankees, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs in 1927. Maris' record stood for the next 37 years.
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