The Baseball Cards of Roger Maris

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Best known as a Yankee, of course, Roger Maris actually started his career with the Indians. Here is his rookie card, from 1958 Topps.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisIn 1959 he was on the move, pictured on his Topps card with the Kansas City A’s.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisIn 1960 he made it three teams in his first three years on a card, as he was traded to the Yankees before the season (though he still appears to be wearing an A’s jersey on his card.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisTopps highlighted his record-breaking home run with a great four-photo action card in 1962.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisTopps was the only major card manufacturer during Maris’s career, but he did appear on the occasional food issue, like this 1963 JELL-O card.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisTraded to the Cardinals in 1967, he appears on his Topps card that year in a Yankee jersey in Yankee Stadium.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisHe got a proper Cardinals card for his final season, 1968.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisMaris has appeared in various modern cards in the 50 years since he played, such as this 1988 Pacific card.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisIn 1994 the Ted Williams card company published him in the uniform of the minor league Keokuk Indians.

The Baseball Cards of Roger MarisStill enormously popular today, Maris appears on ten different cards in 2017, including a short-print variation in the Topps main set.

The Baseball Cards of Roger Maris

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Bo Rosny is The Hall of Very Good’s resident baseball card expert.  You can read more from him at his website Baseball Cards Come to Life.

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