Roger Maris

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Major League Baseball player human professional baseball player

Roger Maris was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record by hitting 61 homers in 1961 for the New York Yankees.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Roger Maris canonical 11
Roger Eugene Maris 1
Roger Maris in 61* 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional baseball player ⓘ
allStarSelectionCount 7 ⓘ
awardReceived American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award

Gold Glove Award ⓘ
batted left ⓘ
battingAverage .260 ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, North Dakota, United States ⓘ
careerHomeRuns 275 ⓘ
careerRunsBattedIn 850 ⓘ
causeOfDeath lymphoma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-09-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-12-14 ⓘ
familyName Maris ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 1968-09-29 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
fullName Roger Maris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roger Eugene Maris
givenName Roger ⓘ
heldRecord single-season home run record in Major League Baseball ⓘ
jerseyNumber 9 ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1957-04-16 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Cleveland Indians ⓘ
MVPYear 1960 ⓘ
1961 ⓘ
notableFor breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation baseball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hibbing, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
playedFor Cleveland Indians ⓘ
Oakland Athletics ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City Athletics

New York Yankees ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
positionPlayed outfielder ⓘ
right fielder ⓘ
recordBrokenPreviouslyHeldBy Babe Ruth ⓘ
recordSetYear 1961 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seasonHomeRuns 61 (1961) ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
spouse Patricia A. Carvell ⓘ
teamIn1961Season New York Yankees ⓘ
teamJerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Yankees ⓘ
threw right ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampionYear 1961 ⓘ
1962 ⓘ
1967 ⓘ
1968 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mickey Mantle → notableTeammate → Roger Maris ⓘ
American League Most Valuable Player → notableMultipleWinners → Roger Maris ⓘ
Hibbing High School → notableAlumnus → Roger Maris ⓘ
Roger Maris → fullName → Roger Maris self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roger Eugene Maris
Monument Park → commemorates → Roger Maris ⓘ
1964 World Series → notablePlayer → Roger Maris ⓘ
Barry Pepper → playedCharacter → Roger Maris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roger Maris in 61*
AL MVP → notableMultipleWinners → Roger Maris ⓘ
Maris → hasNotableBearer → Roger Maris ⓘ
Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, North Dakota, United States → notableBurial → Roger Maris ⓘ
Patricia A. Carvell → spouse → Roger Maris ⓘ
61* → mainSubject → Roger Maris ⓘ
61* → characterRole → Roger Maris ⓘ