In the 1961 regular season, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs.
Babe Ruth's best total was 60 home runs in the 1927 season.
Some point out that, in 1927, only 154 games were played, while in 1961, 162 games were played.
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
Roger Maris hit 61 Home Runs in 1961.
He had 8 more regular season games to hit 61 or a total of 162, Ruth hit 60 in 154 games which was the regular season in 1927.
60, which was the MLB single season record until Roger Maris hit 61 in the 1961 season.
NY Yankees super-slugger Roger Maris became the most hated man in baseball on October 1, 1961, when, with a single blow, he hit his 61st home run and broke the long-standing record of 60 home runs hit in a single season held by the fans' beloved Babe Ruth. Some cried foul since Ruth had played 154 games in a season, compared to Maris' 162, and the controversy was only settled in 1991, when baseball commissioner Fay Vincent declared the record official. Maris had been pitted against his crowd-pleasing Yankees teammate, Mickey Mantle, who ended the season with 54 home runs.
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
In 1961, Roger Maris of the Yankees hit 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's previous record of 60.
ROGER MARIS - 61 (1961)BABE RUTH - 60 (1927)BABE RUTH - 59 (1921)
Roger Maris 61 in '61Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 breaking Babe Ruth single season home run record of 60 set in 1927.
Roger Maris hit 61 Home Runs in 1961.
He had 8 more regular season games to hit 61 or a total of 162, Ruth hit 60 in 154 games which was the regular season in 1927.
Roger Maris was most famous for his playing days with the New York Yankees, and Mickey Mantle as part of the hitting duo nicknamed the "M&M Boys" In 1961 Roger Maris' popularity grew hitting 61 home runs, as he broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 that the Babe set in 1927.
60, which was the MLB single season record until Roger Maris hit 61 in the 1961 season.
Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player in history because his sixty homers wasn't matched until Roger Maris broke the record in 1961 when Maris hit 61 homers.
Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single season record of 60.
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris...they were called this during the 1961 season when they were both chasing Babe Ruth's home run record of 60 homeruns in a single season.
NY Yankees super-slugger Roger Maris became the most hated man in baseball on October 1, 1961, when, with a single blow, he hit his 61st home run and broke the long-standing record of 60 home runs hit in a single season held by the fans' beloved Babe Ruth. Some cried foul since Ruth had played 154 games in a season, compared to Maris' 162, and the controversy was only settled in 1991, when baseball commissioner Fay Vincent declared the record official. Maris had been pitted against his crowd-pleasing Yankees teammate, Mickey Mantle, who ended the season with 54 home runs.