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Roger
Maris		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 219
 
Born: September 10, 1934 in Usa, MN, HIBBING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1963    1964   
All-Star Selections 1959    1960    1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 22 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1959 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1960 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1961 26 MON NL $ 4,521,429   9 9 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 8 8
1962 27 MON NL $ 4,521,429   8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1963 28 MIN AL $ 4,521,429   7 7 7 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 7 7 7
1964 29 MIN AL $ 5,250,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7
1965 30 MIN AL $ 5,250,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7
1966 31 MIN AL $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7
1967 32 OAK AL $ 5,250,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1968 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1969 34 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 7
1970 35 OAK AL $ 650,000   6 6 6 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 22 MON NL 78 271 43 85 9 2 14 35 0 0 31 37 .314 .382 .517 .898 51.0 11.0
    AAA   81 313 62 87 13 1 32 51 3 1 37 44 .278 .354 .633 .987 68.1  
1958 23 MON NL 144 452 86 118 19 4 33 78 0 0 64 62 .261 .355 .540 .894 85.4 16.6
1959 24 MON NL 134 434 82 132 18 3 25 73 0 0 45 63 .304 .371 .532 .903 76.8 14.7
1960 25 MON NL 141 488 94 140 17 2 29 73 0 0 42 71 .287 .343 .508 .851 80.7 15.5
1961 26 MON NL 152 559 94 168 17 4 25 78 1 0 74 68 .301 .383 .479 .862 97.3 21.5
1962 27 MON NL 151 526 64 168 24 4 15 72 0 1 50 61 .319 .380 .466 .846 86.6 20.8
1963 28 MIN AL 153 558 62 145 18 5 10 66 6 7 34 65 .260 .303 .364 .667 57.5 9.1
1964 29 MIN AL 147 525 57 143 22 4 16 75 2 9 33 67 .272 .316 .421 .737 66.5 10.5
1965 30 MIN AL 149 567 67 152 22 3 14 53 5 3 43 78 .268 .321 .392 .712 67.0 13.8
1966 31 MIN AL 152 530 58 118 20 5 10 48 8 3 36 88 .223 .272 .336 .608 44.9 2.2
1967 32 OAK AL 132 434 42 124 20 1 7 62 1 0 29 64 .286 .330 .385 .715 52.8 11.0
1968 33 OAK AL 139 450 46 112 17 2 4 34 1 2 39 84 .249 .312 .322 .635 41.6 5.4
1969 34 OAK AL 89 255 25 68 11 0 4 25 0 1 13 32 .267 .304 .357 .661 24.8 3.5
1970 35 OAK AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   94 109 12 26 7 0 1 10 2 1 13 14 .239 .320 .330 .650 12.0  
14 Years Sim 1762 6051 820 1673 234 39 206 772 24 26 533 841 .276 .336 .430 .766 832.9 155.5
2 Years AAA 175 422 74 113 20 1 33 61 5 2 50 58 .268 .349 .555 .904 80.1  
162 Game Average 556 75 153 21 3 18 70 2 2 49 77 .276 .336 .430 .766 76.6  
Career Highs 153 567 94 168 24 5 33 78 8 9 74 88 .319 .383 .540 .903 97.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4590 658 1292 172 30 167 607 20 18 418 591 .281 .342 .441 .783 680.4
vs LH   1461 162 381 62 9 39 165 4 8 115 250 .261 .316 .396 .712 179.2
Home 871 2886 382 792 115 15 97 384 16 14 255 413 .274 .335 .426 .760 404.7
Away 891 3165 438 881 119 24 109 388 8 12 278 428 .278 .337 .434 .771 455.0
RISP   1363 0 373 43 13 46 537 0 0 132 173 .274 .333 .426 .759 196.1
Pinch Hitting   147 21 38 8 0 9 39 0 1 16 19 .259 .329 .497 .826 23.9
Close/Late   776 101 255 34 6 36 115 0 0 72 103 .329 .386 .527 .913 146.5
Mar/Apr 275 973 121 255 38 5 34 104 6 5 92 166 .262 .327 .416 .743 132.4
May 298 1050 159 296 32 6 43 143 3 7 106 145 .282 .349 .447 .795 160.7
June 269 932 139 272 40 8 35 132 2 2 88 121 .292 .353 .465 .818 148.3
July 290 991 139 284 38 6 31 146 3 3 72 125 .287 .335 .431 .765 138.9
August 332 1111 120 286 44 6 24 114 6 5 93 150 .257 .315 .373 .688 130.4
Sep/Oct 298 994 142 280 42 8 39 133 4 4 82 134 .282 .339 .458 .796 149.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 22 MON NL RF 40 36 323.0 66 1 1 1 .985 1.87   2.0
    CF 36 34 291.7 71 1 1 0 .986 2.22    
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1958 23 MON NL CF 82 77 677.0 134 5 6 3 .959 1.85   2.8
    3B 41 25 261.7 12 67 2 5 .975 2.72   0.6
    RF 9 7 60.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 24 MON NL 3B 102 97 856.7 42 181 10 7 .957 2.34   2.9
    CF 20 1 45.3 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.3
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1960 25 MON NL 3B 110 102 921.0 45 234 6 20 .979 2.73   3.5
    CF 25 12 126.3 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.7
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 26 MON NL 3B 98 92 832.0 37 223 6 16 .977 2.81   3.0
    RF 46 46 407.3 83 3 1 2 .989 1.90   1.3
    CF 7 5 45.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.80    
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 27 MON NL 3B 137 129 1138.0 48 289 13 11 .963 2.67   2.5
    RF 13 13 102.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 28 MIN AL 3B 153 148 1305.0 79 342 9 27 .979 2.90   3.4
1964 29 MIN AL 3B 143 140 1198.0 83 288 7 25 .981 2.79   4.6
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1965 30 MIN AL 3B 148 143 1261.0 75 307 7 25 .982 2.73   3.9
1966 31 MIN AL 3B 151 148 1291.0 77 300 10 19 .974 2.63   5.5
1967 32 OAK AL 3B 115 105 929.7 50 208 8 9 .970 2.50   2.6
    RF 11 9 69.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.2
1968 33 OAK AL 3B 108 93 843.7 51 213 6 17 .978 2.82   2.4
    RF 20 18 153.0 29 0 2 0 .935 1.71   0.4
    CF 4 0 16.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.32    
1969 34 OAK AL CF 55 44 411.7 101 1 1 0 .990 2.23   1.7
    RF 14 14 111.7 22 0 1 0 .957 1.77    
    LF 6 6 51.0 14 1 1 0 .938 2.65    
    3B 12 4 46.0 1 12 0 1 1.000 2.54   0.1
1970 35 OAK AL RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1319 1226 10886.6 600 2665 84 182 .975 2.70   34.9
  CF 231 173 1616.6 361 10 9 3 .976 2.07   5.5
  RF 160 143 1240.0 247 4 5 3 .980 1.82   4.2
  LF 6 6 51.0 14 1 1 0 .938 2.65    
  2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1719 1548 13800.3 1224 2683 99 189 .975 2.55   44.7
Career Highs   153 148 1305.0 157 342 13 27 .986 2.90    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 23 MON NL 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .167 .182 .348
1959 24 MON NL 13 50 9 13 1 0 2 6 0 0 5 11 .260 .339 .400 .739
1960 25 MON NL 9 33 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 5 .182 .250 .364 .614
1961 26 MON NL 11 47 8 19 5 0 2 7 0 0 3 7 .404 .440 .638 1.078
1962 27 MON NL 8 32 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .219 .306 .250 .556
1965 30 MIN AL 10 40 10 13 2 0 2 7 0 0 2 3 .325 .386 .525 .911
1967 32 OAK AL 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .375 .000 .375
Career Post-Season Batting 58 218 38 60 9 0 8 24 0 0 19 32 .275 .343 .427 .770
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1959-9-.293*
1961-6-.301
1962-3-.319
 On-Base Pct
1961-5-.383
1962-6-.380
 Slugging Pct
1958-10-.540
1960-9-.508
1962-10-.466
 OPS
1959-10-.870*
1961-9-.862
1962-10-.846
 XR
1961-8-97.3
 Runs
1960-6-94
1961-10-94
Hits
1961-4-168
1962-4-168
 Singles
1961-6-122
1962-6-125
1965-9-113
 Homeruns
1958-10-33
 Walks
1961-7-74
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Al Ferrara (955)
  2. Ben Oglivie (951)
  3. Sam Mele (949)
  4. Willie Montanez (941)
  5. Hank Leiber (940)
  6. Cliff Cook (935)
  7. Willard Marshall (934)
  8. Dusty Rhodes (931)
  9. Benny Ayala (929)
  10. Tony Armas (918)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1957
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/4/1957, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1958, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1959, hitting .524 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1959, hitting .416 with 10 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1960, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1962, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/7/1963 (Going to MON: 3B Bob Bailey. Going to MIN: CF Roger Maris)
6/1/1963: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $5,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1963
Injured on 6/19/1964 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1964
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1965, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: 3B Roger Maris. Going to MIN: C Sammy Taylor, P George Brunet)
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Ken Holtzman, 2B Dick Stuart, SS Eddie Kasko. Going to OAK: P Sandy Koufax, CF Mickey Mantle, 3B Roger Maris)
3/3/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
10/3/1968: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years
10/3/1969: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $650,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/19/1970 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
 
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