New York Yankees acquire Roger Maris

On December 11, 1959, the New York Yankees acquire Roger Maris and two other players from the Kansas City A’s for outfielders Hank Bauer and Norm Siebern, first baseman Marv Throneberry, and pitcher Don Larsen.

Previously the Pirates reject their offer to exchange Dick Groat for Roger Maris, the A’s, prohibited from trading the slugging outfielder to the Yankees for 18 months after obtaining him from the Indians on June 15, 1958. The year-and-a-half moratorium on the potential trade was put in place to alleviate the perception that Kansas City was serving as a ‘big league’ farm club for the Bronx Bombers.

Maris will hit 100 home runs over the next two seasons, including setting the MLB record with 61 homeruns in 1961.
@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@

Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.

Lets go! Start listening!

Share the Post:

The Marlins trade ace Kevin Brown to the Padres for 1B Derrek Lee and pitchers Rafael Medina and Steve Hoff dismantling their championship team

December 15, 1997

Oakland A’s give future Hall of Famer Billy Williams his unconditional release

November 9, 1976

Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the sales of Oakland A’s stars Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, and Joe Rudi

June 18, 1976

Start Listieng to Classic Baseball Broadcasts (1934 - 1973)

Enjoy our free trial and start listening to games, interviews and shows! Ruth, Mantle, Aaron, and Seaver!

class="wp-singular post-template-default single single-post postid-4566 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive wp-theme-kadence wp-child-theme-kadence-child logged-out footer-on-bottom hide-focus-outline link-style-standard content-title-style-normal content-width-normal content-style-unboxed content-vertical-padding-show non-transparent-header mobile-non-transparent-header kadence-elementor-colors elementor-default elementor-kit-193430 elementor-page-193959"