Roger Maris stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1968

Age 92

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Roger Maris played 12 MLB seasons, 1957 to 1968.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,463
AB
5,101
R
826
H
1,325
HR
275
RBI
851
SB
21
AVG
.260
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1957CLE116358618414518.235
1958CLE/ATH1505838714028804.240
1959ATH1224336911816722.273
1960NYY13649998141391122.283
1961NYY161590132159611420.269
1962NYY15759092151331001.256
1963NYY90312538423531.269
1964NYY1415138614426713.281
1965NYY4615522378270.239
1966NYY119348378113430.233
1967STL125410641079550.261
1968STL10031025795450.255

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
41
AB
152
R
26
H
33
HR
6
RBI
18
SB
0
AVG
.217

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,846
TB
2,429
XBH
512
HBP
38
IBB
42
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1957CLE424145281500
1958CLE/ATH637251512300
1959ATH498201443500
1960NYY578290643400
1961NYY698366817000
1962NYY6872866861100
1963NYY351169382300
1964NYY584238406100
1965NYY18668150100
1966NYY391133243300
1967STL472166344300
1968STL340116251300

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
36.2
RC
885.4
RC/27
6.20
ISOP
.216
SECA
.347
BB/K
0.89
AB/HR
18.5
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1957CLE1.255.15.3.1700.30.825.60
1958CLE/ATH1.277.84.6.1900.30.520.80
1959ATH3.176.56.5.1920.31.127.10
1960NYY7.3108.68.2990.41.112.80
1961NYY6.7138.28.5.3510.51.49.70
1962NYY3.4107.76.6.2290.41.117.90
1963NYY3.459.97.2720.40.913.60
1964NYY3.691.16.6.1830.30.819.70
1965NYY0.726.66.2000.4119.40
1966NYY0.0444.4.1490.30.626.80
1967STL3.462.65.5.1440.30.945.60
1968STL2.2384.3.1190.20.6620

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
92 yearsSep 10, 1934
Debut
1957
AL MVP
2x
AL Gold Glove
1960

What were Roger Maris's career stats?

Roger Maris played 12 seasons for the Guardians, the Athletics, the Yankees and the Cardinals. He was a career .260 hitter with 1,325 hits, 275 home runs and 851 RBI. His best season was 1960: a .283 batting average, 39 home runs and 112 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 7 postseasons, 1957 to 1968

Championships ×3

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 209th in home runs (275)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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