| Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays (Say Hey Kid) Position: Centerfielder |
Born: May 6, 1931 in Westfield, AL
High School: Fairfield Industrial HS (Fairfield, AL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950.
(All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1951 (Age 20)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mets 1951-1973
Final Game: September 9, 1973 (Age 42)
vs. MON 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1979 (409/432 ballots).
View Willie Mays Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
About biographical information
Sponsor this page for $400 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.
| Rk | Series | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | BOP | WPA | RE24 | Pos | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1951 | WS g1 | Oct 4 | NYG | @ | NYY | W,5-1 | CG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 7 | 1.04 | -0.132 | -1.90 | CF |
| 2 | 1951 | WS g2 | Oct 5 | NYG | @ | NYY | L,1-3 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 6 | 1.97 | -0.173 | -1.20 | CF |
| 3 | 1951 | WS g3 | Oct 6 | NYG | NYY | W,6-2 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 7 | .48 | 0.059 | 0.76 | CF | |
| 4 | 1951 | WS g4 | Oct 8 | NYG | NYY | L,2-6 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 7 | 1.20 | -0.201 | -2.79 | CF | |
| 5 | 1951 | WS g5 | Oct 9 | NYG | NYY | L,1-13 | CG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 6 | .30 | 0.027 | 0.04 | CF | |
| 6 | 1951 | WS g6 | Oct 10 | NYG | @ | NYY | L,3-4 | CG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 8 | 1.60 | 0.123 | 0.87 | CF |
| 1954 Postseason | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | BOP | WPA | RE24 | Pos | |||||||||
| 7 | 1954 | WS g1 | Sep 29 | NYG | CLE | W,5-2 | CG(10) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 4 | 1.78 | 0.023 | -0.36 | CF | |
| 8 | 1954 | WS g2 | Sep 30 | NYG | CLE | W,3-1 | CG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 4 | 1.17 | -0.004 | -0.22 | CF | |
| 9 | 1954 | WS g3 | Oct 1 | NYG | @ | CLE | W,6-2 | CG | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .462 | .300 | .762 | 4 | .70 | 0.074 | 2.11 | CF |
| 10 | 1954 | WS g4 | Oct 2 | NYG | @ | CLE | W,7-4 | CG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .357 | .802 | 4 | .65 | 0.063 | 0.95 | CF |
| 1962 Postseason | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | BOP | WPA | RE24 | Pos | |||||||||
| 11 | 1962 | WS g1 | Oct 4 | SFG | NYY | L,2-6 | CG | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 4 | 1.21 | 0.113 | 1.00 | CF | |
| 12 | 1962 | WS g2 | Oct 5 | SFG | NYY | W,2-0 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 4 | .56 | -0.054 | -0.80 | CF | |
| 13 | 1962 | WS g3 | Oct 7 | SFG | @ | NYY | L,2-3 | CG | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 3 | .82 | -0.020 | 0.08 | CF |
| 14 | 1962 | WS g4 | Oct 8 | SFG | @ | NYY | W,7-3 | CG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | .647 | 3 | .37 | -0.003 | -0.36 | CF |
| 15 | 1962 | WS g5 | Oct 10 | SFG | @ | NYY | L,3-5 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 4 | .84 | -0.086 | -0.70 | CF |
| 16 | 1962 | WS g6 | Oct 15 | SFG | NYY | W,5-2 | CG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .280 | .292 | .572 | 4 | .87 | -0.054 | -0.46 | CF | |
| 17 | 1962 | WS g7 | Oct 16 | SFG | NYY | L,0-1 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .276 | .321 | .597 | 3 | 1.45 | 0.085 | 0.01 | CF | |
| 1971 Postseason | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | BOP | WPA | RE24 | Pos | |||||||||
| 18 | 1971 | NLCS g1 | Oct 2 | SFG | PIT | W,5-4 | CG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 3 | .87 | 0.032 | 0.56 | CF | |
| 19 | 1971 | NLCS g2 | Oct 3 | SFG | PIT | L,4-9 | CG | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .556 | 1.143 | 1.698 | 3 | 1.73 | -0.096 | 0.91 | CF | |
| 20 | 1971 | NLCS g3 | Oct 5 | SFG | @ | PIT | L,1-2 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .818 | 1.280 | 3 | 1.30 | -0.026 | -0.39 | CF |
| 21 | 1971 | NLCS g4 | Oct 6 | SFG | @ | PIT | L,5-9 | CG | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .389 | .600 | .989 | 3 | 1.30 | -0.140 | -1.24 | CF |
| 1973 Postseason | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | BOP | WPA | RE24 | Pos | |||||||||
| 22 | 1973 | NLCS g5 | Oct 10 | NYM | CIN | W,7-2 | 5-GF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | .61 | 0.052 | 0.32 | PH CF | |
| 23 | 1973 | WS g1 | Oct 13 | NYM | @ | OAK | L,1-2 | CG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 3 | 1.38 | -0.118 | -0.65 | CF |
| 24 | 1973 | WS g2 | Oct 14 | NYM | @ | OAK | W,10-7 | 9-GF(12) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 3.57 | 0.284 | 0.73 | PR CF |
| 25 | 1973 | WS g3 | Oct 16 | NYM | OAK | L,2-3 | 10-11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 9 | 2.21 | -0.060 | -0.21 | PH | |
| 99 | 89 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .247 | .323 | .337 | .660 | |||||||||||||||
Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the
first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the
totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature:
Turn On /
Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table
is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit
goofy.
HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career
seasons or career game numbers (like
'#1972:batting_standard',
'#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or
'#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard')
onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the
highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to
see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others.
Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the
default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first
one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on
"permanent link" link.