It goes without saying that baseball’s history stretches to scarcely fathomable lengths. From Babe Ruth to Albert Pujols, from Ted Williams to Mike Trout, the game has seen countless legends from countless eras. But in all of its years, the man to strip Ruth of his single-season record for most home runs wasn’t a hulking slugger, but a 6-foot tall, 197-pound right-fielder, one who never made the Hall of Fame, and one whose most glorious season had him enduring all sorts of challenges from all directions.
At his peak, Roger Maris was one of the greats, and although he remained a solid contributor for many years, his pinnacle between 1960 and 1964 — which included his historic 61-homer season — was tremendous to enough to earn a spot on our Supernova Team playing right field.