Roger Maris
Biography
Roger Eugene Maris was a trailblazing American baseball player who set a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961, surpassing Babe Ruth's 60-year-old mark. A six-time All-Star and two-time AL MVP, Maris played for the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals from 1957 to 1968. He won a World Series with the Yankees in 1961 and another with the Cardinals in 1967.