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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 8	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 9	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	6	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	60	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 17	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 18	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	11 (1)	Apr 20	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	12	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	13	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	14	Apr 24	SFG		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	15	Apr 25	SFG		HOU	W,12-8	CG	59	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
15	16	Apr 26	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	18 (1)	Apr 27 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
17	19	Apr 28	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	20	Apr 29	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	21	Apr 30	SFG		LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	23 (1)	May 2	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	24	May 3	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	25	May 4	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	26	May 6	SFG	@	STL	L,0-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
24	27	May 7	SFG	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
25	31 (3)	May 13	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	32	May 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	33	May 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	34	May 17	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	35	May 18	SFG	@	PHI	L,8-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
30	36	May 20	SFG		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
31	37	May 21	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
32	38	May 22	SFG		STL	L,3-8	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	40 (1)	May 24	SFG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	41	May 25 (1)	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	42	May 25 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
36	45 (2)	May 30	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	46	May 31	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	47	Jun 1	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	48	Jun 3	SFG	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	49	Jun 4	SFG	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	50	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	51	Jun 7	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	52	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	W,9-8	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
44	53	Jun 10	SFG		NYM	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	54	Jun 11	SFG		NYM	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	55	Jun 13	SFG		MON	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	57 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	SFG		MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	58	Jun 15 (2)	SFG		MON	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
49	60 (1)	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	62 (1)	Jun 19	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
51	63	Jun 20	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	43	11.1	5	0	0	5	0	CF
52	64	Jun 21	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	65	Jun 22 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	68 (2)	Jun 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	GF	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	69	Jun 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
56	70	Jun 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	71	Jun 27 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	75 (3)	Jun 30	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	76	Jul 1	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
60	77	Jul 2	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	79 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	80	Jul 4 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,7-3	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	81	Jul 5	SFG		ATL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	82	Jul 6 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
65	86 (3)	Jul 9	SFG		HOU	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	87	Jul 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	88	Jul 11	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
68	89	Jul 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	56	13.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	92 (2)	Jul 16	SFG		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	96 (3)	Jul 20	SFG		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	97	Jul 24	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	99 (1)	Jul 26	SFG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	100	Jul 27	SFG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	101	Jul 28	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	102	Jul 29	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	110 (7)	Aug 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
77	111	Aug 8	SFG		STL	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	116 (4)	Aug 15	SFG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	117	Aug 16	SFG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
80	118	Aug 17 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	120 (1)	Aug 19	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	46	13.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	121	Aug 20	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-6	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
83	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	125 (1)	Aug 23	SFG	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	127 (1)	Aug 26	SFG		PHI	W,13-4	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	128	Aug 27	SFG		PHI	W,8-7	GS	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	137 (8)	Sep 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	138	Sep 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	140 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	56	14.1	7	0	0	7	0	CF
90	141	Sep 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
91	142	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-8	GS	34	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	CF
92	143	Sep 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	144	Sep 12	SFG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	145	Sep 13	SFG		CIN	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
95	146	Sep 14	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	147	Sep 15	SFG		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
97	148	Sep 16	SFG		ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	149	Sep 17	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	150	Sep 18	SFG		HOU	W,9-3	GS	12	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
100	151	Sep 19	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	152	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
102	153	Sep 21	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	154	Sep 22	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
104	155	Sep 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
105	156	Sep 24	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	157	Sep 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
107	158	Sep 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	6	0	0	6	0	CF
108	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	160	Sep 30	SFG		SDP	W,6-1	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							109gm		876.0	213	4	5	222	1