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.

Aliases (1)

Roger Eugene Maris ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → human → professional baseball player →
allStarSelectionCount	7 →
awardReceived	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 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, Texas, United States →
playedFor	Cleveland Indians → 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 (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Monument Park →	commemorates
Roger Maris ("Roger Eugene Maris") →	fullName
Hibbing High School →	notableAlumnus
American League Most Valuable Player →	notableMultipleWinners
Mickey Mantle →	notableTeammate