September 26, 1961
It
was on this day in 1961 that New York Yankees’ right fielder, Roger Maris, hit
his 60th home run of the season, tying another Yankee legend, Babe
Ruth for the single season record. Maris was 2 for 4 in the game and hit the
record-tying dinger against Baltimore Orioles pitcher, Jack Fisher. The Yankees
won the game at Yankee Stadium by a score of 3-2.
Maris would break the record
five days later, on October 1st, also at The Stadium, in
a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox. Maris’s record of 61 home runs would last
for 37 years when it was passed by Mark McGwire (70) of the St. Louis Cardinals
in 1998, and subsequently passed by Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants
(73) in 2001.
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