Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder. He is best known for setting a new Major League Baseball single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961; the record remained unbroken until 1998.
Roger Maris: Wife| Cause of death| Grave| Home run record
Wife:
Patricia A. Maris
m. 1956–1985
Roger and his high school sweetheart, Pat Carvell, married in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church of Fargo in October of 1956. Roger had just turned 22, and Pat was 21. Everything points to a solid and happy marriage.
Roger Maris was more than a great baseball player. He was a good father, a good husband and a good man. He also was a hero. He’s regarded as more of one now than in 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth’s single season home run record.
Cause of death:
Roger, who held the major league record for the most home runs in a single season, died yesterday at M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston after a two-year bout with cancer, hospital officials said. He was 51 years old.
During the early 1960’s when the New York Yankees reigned for five straight pennant-winning seasons, Roger Maris was all things to all people. But baseball history will remember him as the home-run twin to Mickey Mantle, and generations of fans will remember him as the man with the asterisk in the record books: * Hit 61 home runs in 1961 in a 162-game season.
Grave:
Roger Maris/Place of burial
Holy Cross Cemetery Association, Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Maris died of cancer — age 51 — less than 18 months after his hometown museum opened in Fargo’s West Acres Mall. He’s buried only a couple of miles away, in Holy Cross Cemetery, one of a row of tiny burial grounds lining the south side of Fargo’s 32nd Avenue North.
Home run record:
Roger/MLB career/Home runs
275
In a pressure-packed 1961 season, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, outdueling his more famous New York Yankees teammate, Mickey Mantle. In a pressure-packed 1961 season, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs, outdueling his more famous New York Yankees teammate, Mickey Mantle.
