You have heard about Barry Bonds and his great 2001 season where he broke the single season home run record but many other players have also recorded outstanding years to rival his feat. Here is a list of the top 10 single season home run records of all time in Major League Baseball. 1. Barry ...
I am going on record to say that Roger Maris’ single-season home run record of 61 home runs in 1961 is still the undeniable (if not official) MLB record for homer runs in a single season despite being broken several times by three of baseball’s most recognizable – and controversial – baseball players of all-time. ...
They were already the M & M boys in 1960, but they were simply called Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. At the end of play on Sunday, June 19, 1960, the New York Yankees were 33-22 for a .600 winning percentage. The Baltimore Orioles had a 37-25 record for a .597 winning percentage. The Yankees ...
It is a challenge to remember, but Rickey Henderson played for the Yankees from 1985 until 1989. When attempting to determine Henderson’s ranking among Yankees’ outfielders, one can consider only his Yankees’ career, or one can consider his entire career compared to the careers of others that played the outfield for the Yankees. Henderson hit ...
Ask most people to name the greatest New York Yankee team of all time and chances are, depending on their age, you will hear years like 1927, 1961 and 1998. What if I were to tell you that the 1961 Yankees, the team of Roger Maris and his too-long-asterisked 61 home runs should not only ...
