Babe Ruth and Roger Maris home run distribution in 60 and 61 homer seasons.

Roger Maris 60th homer curtain call: "most unusual". Number 61, too. Saturday, April 4, 2015

"This is most unusual." - Mel Allen on Roger Maris being called from the dugout in Yankee Stadium after tying the season home run record of Babe Ruth. Maris reluctantly took a curtain call.
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Babe Ruth

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left

6-2, 215 lb

Born: February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: August 16, 1948 (Aged 53-192 days) in New York, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

Roger Maris

Position: Right fielder

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right

6-0, 197 lb

Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN us

Died: December 14, 1985 (Aged 51-95 days)in Houston, TX

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Fargo, ND

Rk	Player	HR	AB	PA	SO	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Roger Maris	61	590	698	67	1961	26	NYY	AL	161	132	159	16	4	141	94	0	7	0	7	16	0	0	.269	.372	.620	.993	*98/H
2	Babe Ruth	60	540	691	89	1927	32	NYY	AL	151	158	192	29	8	165	137		0	14			7	6	.356	.486	.772	1.258	*97

Times Facing Opponent in Game
Ruth:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
	vs. SP	151		529	416	118	151	20	5	46	118	5	4	102	64	.363	.481	.767	1.248	319	8	0	3	8	3	4	.334	98	239
	vs. RP	75		162	124	40	41	9	3	14	47	2	1	35	26	.331	.469	.790	1.259	98	0	0	0	3	0	1	.310	99	228
	vs. SP, 1st	151		151	114		44	2	2	16	32	0	0	34	20	.386	.520	.860	1.380	98	5	0	1	2	0	1	.350	118	298
	vs. SP, 2nd	138		138	110		41	8	1	7	28	0	0	25	11	.373	.482	.655	1.136	72	1	0	1	2	1	2	.362	84	206
	vs. SP, 3rd	121		121	98		29	3	0	11	24	0	0	22	17	.296	.421	.663	1.085	65	1	0	0	1	1	1	.254	73	191
	vs. SP, 4th+	90		119	94		37	7	2	12	34	0	0	21	16	.394	.492	.894	1.385	84	1	0	1	3	1	0	.362	117	254
	vs. RP, 1st	75		102	74		23	6	3	5	24	0	0	27	15	.311	.490	.676	1.166	50	0	0	0	1	0	1	.327	88	211
	vs. RP, 2nd	40		40	34		14	3	0	7	15	0	0	5	7	.412	.475	1.118	1.593	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	143	305
	vs. RP, 3rd+	15		20	16		4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3	4	.250	.350	.625	.975	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	53	123

Maris:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
	vs. SP	160		515	432	97	117	11	3	45	99	0	0	71	50	.271	.377	.623	.999	269	14	6	0	6	0	7	.210	102	171
	vs. RP	98		183	158	35	42	5	1	16	42	0	0	23	17	.266	.361	.614	.975	97	4	1	0	1	0	2	.206	96	164
	vs. SP, 1st	160		160	133		28	5	0	8	22	0	0	24	22	.211	.331	.429	.760	57	8	1	0	2	0	2	.190	58	122
	vs. SP, 2nd	149		149	127		43	3	0	23	45	0	0	18	11	.339	.423	.906	1.328	115	2	2	0	2	0	2	.211	160	249
	vs. SP, 3rd	124		124	101		22	1	1	5	11	0	0	19	9	.218	.355	.396	.751	40	4	3	0	1	0	2	.193	59	100
	vs. SP, 4th+	77		82	71		24	2	2	9	21	0	0	10	8	.338	.415	.803	1.217	57	0	0	0	1	0	1	.273	141	206
	vs. RP, 1st	98		139	121		31	3	1	11	32	0	0	16	15	.256	.345	.570	.916	69	3	1	0	1	0	2	.208	85	147
	vs. RP, 2nd	33		33	26		8	1	0	4	8	0	0	7	1	.308	.455	.808	1.262	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	153	255
	vs. RP, 3rd+	11		11	11		3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.636	.909	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	76	124

	Starter	AB	HR	AB/HR	%	HR
Ruth	SP	416	46	9.04	76.67%	60
Maris	SP	432	45	9.60	73.77%	61
		AB	HR	AB/HR	%	HR
Ruth	RP	124	14	8.86	23.33%	60
Maris	RP	158	16	9.88	26.23%	61
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% SP	HR
Ruth	SP, 1st	114	16	7.13	26.67%	60	34.78%	46
Maris	SP, 1st	133	8	16.63	13.11%	61	17.78%	45
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% SP	HR
Ruth	SP, 2nd	110	7	15.71	11.67%	60	15.22%	46
Maris	SP, 2nd	127	23	5.52	37.70%	61	51.11%	45
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% SP	HR
Ruth	SP, 3rd	98	11	8.91	18.33%	60	23.91%	46
Maris	SP, 3rd	101	5	20.20	8.20%	61	11.11%	45
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% SP	HR
Ruth	SP, 4th+	94	12	7.83	20.00%	60	26.09%	46
Maris	SP, 4th+	71	9	7.89	14.75%	61	20.00%	45
	Relief	AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% RP	HR
Ruth	RP, 1st	74	5	14.80	8.33%	60	35.71%	14
Maris	RP, 1st	121	11	11.00	18.03%	61	68.75%	16
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% RP	HR
Ruth	RP, 2nd	34	7	4.86	11.67%	60	50.00%	14
Maris	RP, 2nd	26	4	6.50	6.56%	61	25.00%	16
		AB	HR	AB/HR	% tot	HR	% RP	HR
Ruth	RP, 3rd+	16	2	8.00	3.33%	60	14.29%	14
Maris	RP, 3rd+	11	1	11.00	1.64%	61	6.25%	16

Both Ruth and Maris hit about 3 of 4 home runs against starting pitchers. Against starters Ruth did best the first time he faced them. Maris did best the second time he faced the starter, 51% of the homers he hit off starters.

Against relief pitchers Ruth did best the second time he faced them: half his homers off relievers. Maris did best the first time he faced relievers: 69%. This is the reverse of how they did against starting pitchers. Both did their worst the third time against relief pitchers.

Ruth batted third in all of his 1927 plate appearances (PA). Lou Gehrig batted fourth in every game and Gehrig played every game.

Maris batted third most of the time (87%) in 1961: 610 of 698 PA. Mickey Mantle batted fourth in every game Mantle started, all but 3 PA when he PH. However, waiting on deck for these Maris home runs:
60 Hector Lopez, who had replaced Mantle; happy 90th birthday, Hector!
61 Yogi Berra.