Maris Family History & Genealogy

New York Yankees (1960–1966) In 1960, Maris hit a single, double, and two home runs in his first game as a Yankee. He was named to the AL All-Star roster again and played in both games. He finished the season leading the AL in slugging percentage (.581), runs batted in (112), and extra base hits (64). He also hit 39 home runs and had a .283 batting average.[citation needed] He won the American League's Most Valuable Player award and was recognized as an outstanding defensive outfielder with a Gold Glove Award.[citation needed] The Yankees won the American League pennant, the first of five consecutive pennants, but lost a seven-game World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates culminating in Bill Mazeroski's dramatic walk-off home run. 1961 Main articles: 1961 Major League Baseball season and 1961 New York Yankees season In 1961, the AL expanded from eight to ten teams. In the expansion draft, the newly created Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators were restricted to drafting players from AL rosters. The perceived result was that American League team rosters had become watered down, as players who would otherwise have been playing at AAA, if not lower, were now in the AL. The Yankees, however, were left mainly intact.[citation needed] In order to maintain a balanced schedule, AL owners extended the season from 154 games to 162 games in 1961. (The National League expanded its season to 162 games in 1962.) On January 23, 1961, an Associated Press reporter asked Maris whether the schedule changes might threaten Babe Ruth's single-season home run record; Maris replied, "Nobody will touch it... Look up the records and you'll see that it's a rare year when anybody hits 50 homers, let alone 60." Maris with Mickey Mantle in 1961 Yankee home runs began to come at a record pace. One famous photograph lined up six 1961 Yankees, including Mantle, Maris, Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron, under the nickname "Murderers Row", because they hit a combined 165 home runs the previous season (the title "Murderers Row", originally coined in 1918, had most famously been used to refer to the 1927 Yankees). As mid-season approached, it seemed quite possible that either Maris or Mantle, or perhaps both, would break Ruth's 34-year-old home run record. Sportswriters began to play the "M&M Boys" against each other, inventing a rivalry where none existed, as Berra would tell multiple interviewers. More and more, the Yankees became "Mickey Mantle's team" and Maris was ostracized as an "outsider" and "not a true Yankee." Mantle, however, was felled by a hip infection causing hospitalization late in the season, leaving Maris as the single remaining player with the opportunity to break Ruth's home run record. From left to right, the bats used to hit Babe Ruth's 60th home run in 1927, Roger Maris' 61st in 1961, and Mark McGwire's 70th and Sammy Sosa's 66th in 1998 In the middle of the season, baseball commissioner Ford Frick (a friend of Ruth) announced at a press conference that unless Ruth's record was broken in the first 154 games of the season, the new record should be shown separately in the "record books", with some "distinctive mark" next to it indicating it had been done in a 162-game season. The asterisk as such a mark was immediately suggested by New York Daily News sportswriter Dick Young. In spite of its formality, Frick's so-called ruling was merely a suggestion: Major League Baseball had no direct control over any record books until many years later. As he closed in on Ruth’s record, Maris received death threats and NYPD detective Kieran Burke was assigned to watch over him. Maris had 59 home runs after the Yankees' 154th game and therefore failed to beat Ruth's 60 home runs within the original season length. Maris hit his 61st home run on October 1, 1961, in the fourth inning of the last game of the season, at Yankee Stadium in front of 23,154 fans.[20] Boston Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard gave up the record home run, which was caught by fan Sal Durante in the right field bleachers. Maris was awarded the 1961 Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year and won the American League's MVP Award for the second straight year.[citation needed] It is said, however, that the stress of pursuing the record was so great for Maris that his hair occasionally fell out in clumps during the season. Within a few years the asterisk controversy died down and all prominent baseball record keepers listed Maris as the single-season record holder. 1962–1966 Maris signs a baseball for President John F. Kennedy in the 1962 season In 1962, Maris made his fourth consecutive All-Star team appearance and his seventh and final All-Star game appearance. He made a game-saving play in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1962 World Series against the San Francisco Giants. With the Yankees leading 1-0 and Matty Alou on first, Willie Mays doubled toward the right-field line. Maris cut off the ball and made a strong throw to prevent Alou from scoring the tying run; the play set up Willie McCovey's series-ending line drive to second baseman Bobby Richardson, capping what would prove to be the final World Series victory for the "old" Yankees. In 1963, Maris played in only 90 games, hitting 23 home runs. Maris was injured in Game Two of the 1963 World Series. In 1964, he rebounded, appearing in 141 games, batting .281 with 26 home runs. Maris hit a home run in Game 6 of the 1964 World Series] In 1965, his physical problems returned, and he had off-season surgery to remove a bone chip in his hand. In 1966, the Yankees' and Maris' fortunes continued to decline as he played most of the season with a misdiagnosed broken bone in his hand. On December 8, 1966, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Charley Smith.

Frena (Hansen) Maris was born on August 26, 1671 in New York, New York United States to Hans Jacobszen and Geertje Lamberts (Moll) Jacobszen. She was in a relationship with Jeurian Maris, and had a child Geertje (Maris) van Schryven. Frena Maris died at age 72 years old on July 8, 1744 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frena (Hansen) Maris.

Jeurian Maris was born on July 16, 1662 in Rouen, Normandy France, and died at age 76 years old on August 3, 1738 in New York, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeurian Maris.

Geertje (Maris) Van Schryven was born on June 5, 1694 in Tappan, New York United States, and died at age 36 years old on September 3, 1730 in Hackensack, NJ. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Geertje (Maris) van Schryven.

Doris Maris was born in 1913 at Sheffield, and died at Sheffield. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Doris Maris.

Bronwyn E Maris of TX was born circa 1958. Bronwyn Maris was married to Stephen S. Maris on May 14, 1983 in Dallas County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bronwyn E. (Holmes) Maris.

Mattie L Maris of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on April 20, 1919, and died at age 71 years old on February 12, 1991.

Wacyl Christine Maris of Tyler, Smith County, Texas was born on May 26, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on February 22, 2010.

Roosevelt Maris of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on October 10, 1905, and died at age 68 years old in October 1973.

Minnie Maris of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on May 8, 1913, and died at age 91 years old on March 13, 2005.

Simon Maris of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on March 2, 1881, and died at age 85 years old on June 15, 1966.

Katherine Maris of Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI was born on January 4, 1916, and died at age 88 years old on October 11, 2004.

Lee Maris of Oil Trough, Independence County, Arkansas was born on December 22, 1889, and died at age 96 years old in April 1986.

Alta Maris of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas was born on November 21, 1916, and died at age 65 years old in January 1982.

Mary I Maris of Greensboro, Guilford County, NC was born on May 28, 1919, and died at age 83 years old on June 12, 2002.

Leonard R Maris of Texas was born on November 6, 1949, and died at age 59 years old on December 31, 2008.

Lester Maris of Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma was born on February 5, 1901, and died at age 70 years old in May 1971.

Hazel Maris of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma was born on May 14, 1899, and died at age 88 years old in July 1987.

Cora Maris of Waukomis, Garfield County, Oklahoma was born on July 12, 1881, and died at age 87 years old in March 1969.

Cl Maris of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California was born on December 10, 1930, and died at age 42 years old in October 1973.