Sixty-One in '61: Roger Maris Home Runs Game by Game

by Robert M Gorman and Robert M. Gorman

Book Overview

Much has been written about Roger Maris and the historic summer of 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record yet little is known about the pitchers on the other side of the tale. One of the many knocks against Maris was that he faced inferior pitching in an American League watered down by expansion from eight to 10 teams. But was that really the case? Did Maris face has-beens and never-weres while Ruth confronted the cream of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476672628
• ISBN13: 9781476672625
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher