ROGER MARIS - CONTRACT SIGNED 09/05/1961 - HFSID 275009
Sale Price $1,850.00
Reg. $2,200.00
ROGER MARIS
He agrees to appear in a taping of Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall on September 29,
1961; He would hit his record breaking 61st homer two days later!
Carbon Typed DS: "Roger Maris" in ink under "Agreed to and Accepted", 1p, 8½x11. New
York, New York, 1961 September 5. Letter from Roncom Productions, Inc., unsigned, to
Maris in New York. In part: "We hereby engage you, and you hereby accept said engagement,
to appear in the rehearsal, recording and broadcast of the program in the 'PERRY
COMO'S KRAFT MUSIC HALL' program series initially sponsored by Kraft Foods
scheduled to be videotaped on September 29, 1961, New York, New York for initial
NBC-TV network telecast on October 4, 1961...For and in consideration of your said
appearance and of all rights granted and obligations to be performed by you hereunder, we
agree to pay you the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7500.00) Dollars within
ten (10) days following the completion of recording of the program. The annexed Standard
Terms and Conditions and mimeographed Rider provisions...are hereby incorporated in and
made part of this Agreement...." On thin paper. Lightly creased. Staple holes at upper left
corner. Fine condition. Accompanied by AFTRA contract, unsigned, 2p, 8½x11, front and
verso. Not filled in. "X" drawn through front page, some lines of the "Standard Terms and
Conditions" on verso have been inked out. Slightly creased. Staple holes and stray ink mark at
upper right margin of contract side. Fine condition. With Rider, unsigned, 11p, 8½x11,
separate sheets. Some typed lines have been inked out. Ink notes (unknown hand) on pages
5and 8, where corrections have been made. Slightly creased. Nicked at upper left edge of page
11, Staple holes at upper left corners of all pages. Fine condition. Maris was seen on Perry
Como's Kraft Music Hall on October 4, 1961, three days after he had broken Babe
Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season (he had taped the episode two days
before he hit his 61st homer). Maris, who reached the milestone in eight more games
than Ruth, hit the record homer in the fourth inning of the last game of the season. 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 1961 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. Louis Cardinals at the end of the 1966 season, he
again played in the World Series in the last two seasons of his career (1967, 1968). Three
items. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.
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