Return to letter index Previous Player:  Red Marion      Next Player:  Duke Markell    Roger Maris (born Roger Eugene Maras) Full name: Roger Eugene Maris Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 204 lb. Roger Maris played in the major leagues for 12 years. His lifetime batting average was .256. Comments on Roger Maris Posted by David D.   Roger Maris once declined to pose with Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who had critisized him in his book, My War with Baseball. After declining to pose, Hornsby said: "I've posed with some real major leaguers, not bush leaguers like he is. He couldn't carry a bat. He didn't hit in two years what I hit in one." Add a new comment