Roger Maris captured the attention of the baseball world in 1961 when he broke Babe Ruth's long-standing record for home runs in a season with 61, and Maris wore the offered fiberglass helmet in the batter's box a few seasons later, (during the early 1960s) in his New York Yankees career. Maris played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues: Cleveland Indians (1957-58), Kansas City Athletics (1958-59) New York Yankees (1960-66), St. Louis Cardinals (1967-68). The helmet shows great wear and still has the manufacturer, American Baseball Cap's, label affixed inside, displaying the size 7 3/8. Also, inside is a vintage strip of athletic tape with bold black magic-marker print, written by an unknown hand, that reads "MARIS", along with his uniform number 9. The interlocking NY logo on the front appears to have been touched up with white paint, perhaps by the team. On each side of the helmet is a spot of what appears to be glue. The inner headband has become partially loose, and this headband has spots of what may be pine tar remnants. While playing for the Cardinals in the final years of the slugger's career, Maris was affected by injury and illness, and he retired after the '68 campaign. He will always be remembered for his incredible '61 season, under great stress from media attention, a season that propelled the mild-mannered man into the spotlight.