Willie Mays

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: May 6, 1931 in Westfield, AL us

Died: June 18, 2024 in Palo Alto, CA

High School: Fairfield Industrial HS (Fairfield, AL)

Debut: 1948 (10,376th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: May 25, 1951 (Age 20-019d)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 9, 1973 (Age 42-126d)
vs. MON 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1979. (Voted by BBWAA on 409/432 ballots)
View Willie Mays's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Willie Howard Mays

Nicknames: Say Hey Kid

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Hall of Fame
2x MVP
Rookie of the Year
24x All-Star
1954 World Series
12x Gold Glove
Batting Title
2x AS MVP
ML PoY
Clemente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

156.2

10924

3293

660

.301

2068

RBI

1909

339

OBP

.384

SLG

.557

OPS

.940

OPS+

155

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	CF
3	3	Apr 14	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 17	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 18 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 21	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 23	SFG		NYM	L,8-9	CG	53	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	10	Apr 24	SFG		NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 25 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	12	Apr 25 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
13	13	Apr 27	SFG		PHI	W,14-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	14	Apr 28	SFG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	16	Apr 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	18	May 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	19	May 3	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	20	May 4	SFG	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 5	SFG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	22	May 7	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	23	May 8	SFG		LAD	L,0-9	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	24	May 9	SFG		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	25	May 11	SFG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	26	May 12	SFG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	27	May 13	SFG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 15	SFG		HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
30	30	May 16 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,10-5	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	31	May 16 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	32	May 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	33	May 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	34	May 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	35	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
36	36	May 22 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	37	May 22 (2)	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	38	May 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	40 (1)	May 25	SFG		MLN	L,1-14	GS	40	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	41	May 26	SFG		MLN	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	42	May 27	SFG		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	43	May 28	SFG		CIN	W,12-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	44	May 29	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	46 (1)	May 31	SFG		STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 1	SFG		STL	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
46	49 (1)	Jun 4	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	50	Jun 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
49	52	Jun 8	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	53	Jun 9	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	54	Jun 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
52	55	Jun 11	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	56	Jun 12	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	57	Jun 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	58	Jun 15	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	59	Jun 16	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	60	Jun 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	61	Jun 18	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	62	Jun 19	SFG		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	63	Jun 20 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	56	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	64	Jun 20 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	66 (1)	Jun 23	SFG		PIT	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
63	67	Jun 24	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	68	Jun 25	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	69	Jun 26	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
66	70	Jun 27	SFG		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
67	71	Jun 28	SFG		LAD	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
68	72	Jun 29	SFG		LAD	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	73	Jun 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	76 (1)	Jul 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
72	77	Jul 5	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	49	11.1	2	1	0	3	0	RF
73	78	Jul 6	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	79	Jul 7	SFG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	55	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	80	Jul 8 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,10-2	GS	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	81	Jul 8 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	84 (2)	Jul 16	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	86 (1)	Jul 18	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
79	87	Jul 19	SFG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	88	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	89	Jul 21	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
82	90	Jul 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	91	Jul 23	SFG		MLN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	92	Jul 24	SFG		MLN	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	95 (2)	Jul 27	SFG		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
86	96	Jul 28	SFG		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	97	Jul 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	CF
88	98	Jul 31	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	99	Aug 1 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
90	100	Aug 1 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	101	Aug 2	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	102	Aug 3	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	49	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
93	103	Aug 4	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
94	104	Aug 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,18-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	105	Aug 6	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	106	Aug 7	SFG	@	STL	W,10-4	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	107	Aug 8	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	CF
98	108	Aug 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	109	Aug 12 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	110	Aug 12 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	111	Aug 13	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
102	112	Aug 14	SFG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	113	Aug 15	SFG		PHI	W,15-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	114	Aug 16	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
105	116 (1)	Aug 18	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	117	Aug 19	SFG		LAD	L,5-8	CG	64	15.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	118	Aug 20	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
108	119	Aug 21	SFG		LAD	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
109	120	Aug 22	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	121	Aug 23	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
111	122	Aug 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
112	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
113	125	Aug 26 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	RF
114	126	Aug 27	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
115	127	Aug 28	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
116	128	Aug 29	SFG	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	129	Aug 31 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
118	130	Aug 31 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	131	Sep 2 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
120	132	Sep 2 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
121	133	Sep 3	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
122	134	Sep 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
123	135	Sep 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	136	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	50	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	137	Sep 7	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
126	138	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	W,12-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
127	139	Sep 9	SFG		HOU	W,4-0	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	140	Sep 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
129	141	Sep 11	SFG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
130	142	Sep 12 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
131	143	Sep 12 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,9-2	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
132	144	Sep 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
133	145	Sep 14	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
134	146	Sep 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
135	148 (1)	Sep 17	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-9	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
136	149	Sep 18	SFG	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
137	150	Sep 19	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
138	151	Sep 20	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
139	152	Sep 21	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
140	153	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
141	154	Sep 24	SFG		MLN	L,2-8	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
142	155	Sep 25	SFG		MLN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
143	156	Sep 26	SFG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
144	157	Sep 27	SFG		STL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
145	158	Sep 28	SFG		STL	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
146	159	Sep 29	SFG		STL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
147	160	Sep 30	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
148	161	Oct 1	SFG		CIN	L,2-17	GS	39	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
149	162	Oct 2	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
150	163	Oct 3	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							152gm		1275.1	334	12	6	352	4