Roger Maris
Roger Maris
Roger Eugene Mariswas an American professional baseball player who played four seasons in the minor leagues and twelve seasons in the major leagues. Maris played right field on four Major League Baseballteams, from 1957 through 1968...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1934
CityHibbing, MN
exactly henry home mention radio rarely record talk
Now they talk on the radio about the record set by Ruth, and DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.
planning win
You win not by chance, but by preparation.
canadian-musician
Candlestick was built on the water. It should have been built under it.
canadian-musician helluva home
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.
glad
We're just glad it's over, ... It's been a long process.
baseball doubt would-be
As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.
leadership sports baseball
Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.
baseball trying records
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.
running home records
Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.
running winning player
I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season.
player arms speed
I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.
baseball years play
Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.
baseball fun headache
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches.
uranium-mining zinc more-money
It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.