I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

Maris hit a Major League record 61 home runs during the 1961 season for the New York Yankees breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs in 1927. His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season came back to the forefront in 1998 when the home run record was broken by two players from the National League Mark McGwire (70) and Sammy Sosa (66). He appeared in seven World Series five as a member of the Yankees and two with the St.