Roger Maris

Right Field

1957—1968

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#41

Player Detail

Roger Eugene
GIVEN NAME
Maris
SURNAME
September 10, 1934, in Hibbing, MN
BORN
December 14, 1985, in Houston, TX, USA
DIED
1957—1968
Playing Career
Played from 22-33
PLAYING AGE
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City A's
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
1961-62, 1967
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 197
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 16, 1957
Major League Debut
September 29, 1968
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Right Fielder —
— Yankees ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Roger Maris?

Broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record when he slugged 61 in 1961.
Roger hit 13 homers against expansion teams in his record-setting 1961 season when he belted 61 HR total.
  • Roger Maris Scouting Report

60

HITTING

60

POWER

50

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1463
1325
275
850
.260
9 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1960, 1961 AL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
35.3
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.822
.757
108.9

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.260
.345
.476

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Rocky Colavito
Jim King
Al Kaline
Bob Allison

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.262
.351
.468

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Elston Howard
Orlando Cepeda
Bobby Avila
Tony Kubek
Clete Boyer
Lou Brock
Mickey Mantle
Rocky Colavito
Whitey Ford
Hoyt Wilhelm
Ralph Houk

Roger Maris Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Maris
524
136
85
20
4
28
87
67
75
2
249
207
.260
.345
.476
822
AVG RF
532
140
73
23
4
18
57
80
7
224
200
.263
.335
.422
.757

Roger Maris Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
41
52
45
50
55
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
59
44
39
42
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Roger Maris PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
38.3
32.4
25.4
18.3
4.24
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Roger Maris
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
224.1
168.3
133.7
91.2
24.8
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Roger Maris
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF