Roger Maris

1957–1968 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals

1,463G

.260AVG

.345OBP

.476SLG

More career statistics

1,325H

275HR

850RBI

21SB

5Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Hit by pitch	38	37
Batting · Strikeouts	733	734
Batting · Plate appearances	5,846	5,847
Batting · Runs	826	825
Batting · Walks	652	654

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,463	5,846	5,101	826	1,325	195	42	275	850	652	733	21	9	38	43	2,429	.260	.345	.476	.821

Streaks

16longest hitting streak · 1959-07-02 to 1959-07-18

22longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
90	Four Intentional Walks	1962-05-22	1 in 18,636 games	box score ↗
71	Five-Walk Game	1962-05-22	1 in 1,833 games	box score ↗
56	Four Extra-Base Hits	1958-08-03	1 in 450 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	712	2786	632	122	394	325	331	.261	.344	.468
Away	751	3061	693	153	456	329	403	.258	.334	.483

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	141	594	144	25	74	62	73	.276	.347	.473
May	230	898	207	52	151	93	123	.264	.334	.514
June	303	1230	286	72	196	134	148	.265	.341	.518
July	264	1028	252	46	163	127	119	.284	.369	.503
August	274	1093	216	40	128	130	152	.228	.317	.407
September	243	971	214	39	132	105	114	.252	.329	.440
October	8	33	6	1	6	3	5	.200	.273	.467

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	163	683	161	38	98	65	89	.265	.331	.502
boston-red-sox	152	620	146	30	105	93	65	.280	.385	.503
chicago-white-sox	151	617	134	29	90	59	87	.244	.313	.454
baltimore-orioles	149	572	121	21	68	45	80	.232	.290	.402
kansas-city-athletics	127	515	120	34	91	68	56	.277	.365	.573
cleveland-guardians	122	530	131	35	86	56	49	.284	.353	.524
minnesota-twins	78	316	65	19	53	39	45	.241	.329	.507
washington-senators-1901-60	75	310	67	11	37	39	42	.249	.342	.468

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1957	Cleveland Guardians	116	358	84	14	51	8	.235	–	–
1958	Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics	150	583	140	28	80	4	.240	–	–
1959	Kansas City Athletics	122	433	118	16	72	2	.273	–	–
1960	New York Yankees	136	499	141	39	112	2	.283	–	–
1961	New York Yankees	161	590	159	61	141	–	.269	–	–
1962	New York Yankees	157	590	151	33	100	1	.256	–	–
1963	New York Yankees	90	312	84	23	53	1	.269	–	–
1964	New York Yankees	141	513	144	26	71	3	.281	–	–
1965	New York Yankees	46	155	37	8	27	–	.239	–	–
1966	New York Yankees	119	348	81	13	43	–	.233	–	–
1967	St. Louis Cardinals	125	410	107	9	55	–	.261	–	–
1968	St. Louis Cardinals	100	310	79	5	45	–	.255	–	–