1991 Event Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 Death Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88 1985 Death Roger Maris, home run hitter, 61 in 61, New York Yankees, dies of cancer at 51 1985 Event New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms 1966 Event A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith 1964 Event Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit home runs runs on back-to-back pitches 1962 Event Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game 1961 Event Roger Maris is voted AL MVP 1961 Event Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs off of Tracy Stallard 1961 Event Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1961 Event Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yankees clinch pennant #26 1961 Event Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers 1961 Event Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader 1961 Event Roger Maris loses a home run (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th 1961 Event Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 homers 1961 Event New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 home runs 1961 Event Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs 1961 Event Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 home runs 1961 Event Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 1960 Event Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 1959 Event Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri 1934 Birthday Roger Maris, Yankee, home run champ, 61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961 1910 Death Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66 1844 Birthday Willem Maris, Dutch painter, Hague School 1839 Birthday Thijs Maris, Dutch painter/etcher
