Comprises: (1) Sports Card signed: "
Roger Maris". Color,
2½x3½. Topps #2.
Stats from 1953-1960 on verso. Displayed in 3½x5 case. Fine condition.
(2) Baseball signed: "
Roger Maris". Official Rawlings Bobby Brown American League
baseball. Slightly soiled. Minor bumps. Fine condition. Roger Maris (1934-1985), who played
for the
Cleveland Indians (1957-1958) and the
Kansas City Athletics (1958-1959) before
donning Yankee pinstripes in 1960, made baseball history on October 1, 1961, when he
broke
Babe Ruth's season home run record of 60 by hitting his 61st homer. The record had
stood for 34 years, and Maris
still holds the A.L. record for most home runs in one
season. His 37-year-old major league record was broken in 1998 by National Leaguer Mark
McGwire (70) and McGwire's record was broken three years later by National Leaguer Barry
Bonds (73). Maris was named the
American League's Most Valuable Player in 1961 for
the second consecutive time (1960, 1961), and he was also a member of the
All-Star team
(the third of his four appearances - 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962). Maris, who also won the
Gold Glove in 1960, played in
five World Series with the Yankees (1960-1964). After being
traded to the
St.
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