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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-6	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 17	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	30	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
7	7	Apr 21	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	8	Apr 22	SFG		HOU	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	9	Apr 23	SFG		HOU	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	11 (1)	Apr 26	SFG		PHI	W,8-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	12	Apr 27	SFG		PHI	L,6-7	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
12	14 (1)	Apr 29	SFG		MON	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	19 (4)	May 3	SFG		NYM	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	20	May 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
				Player went from San Francisco Giants to New York Mets
15	24	May 14	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	28 (3)	May 18	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
17	30 (1)	May 20 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	32 (1)	May 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
19	34 (1)	May 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	35	May 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	58	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
21	39 (3)	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
22	40	May 30	NYM		PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	42 (1)	Jun 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
24	47 (4)	Jun 8	NYM		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	48	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	50 (1)	Jun 11	NYM		HOU	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	53 (2)	Jun 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	54	Jun 16	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	56 (1)	Jun 18	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	57	Jun 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
31	59 (1)	Jun 21	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
32	62 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	63	Jun 26	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	64	Jun 27	NYM		PIT	W,7-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	65	Jun 28	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
36	66	Jun 29	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	67	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	68	Jul 1	NYM	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	71	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
41	74 (2)	Jul 8	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	75	Jul 9	NYM		LAD	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	77 (1)	Jul 11	NYM		SFG	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	78	Jul 12	NYM		SFG	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	79	Jul 14	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	80	Jul 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	82 (1)	Jul 18	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	83	Jul 19	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	84	Jul 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
50	85	Jul 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	87 (1)	Jul 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	91 (3)	Jul 29	NYM		MON	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	93 (1)	Jul 31	NYM		MON	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	95 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	96	Aug 2	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
56	98 (1)	Aug 4	NYM		CHC	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	99	Aug 5	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
58	100	Aug 6	NYM		CHC	W,12-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
59	102 (1)	Aug 8	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
60	105 (2)	Aug 12	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
61	106	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
62	110 (3)	Aug 18	NYM		CIN	L,2-8	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	112 (1)	Aug 20	NYM		CIN	L,1-8	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	113	Aug 21	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
65	114	Aug 22	NYM		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	116 (1)	Aug 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	122 (5)	Sep 1	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-8	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	123	Sep 2	NYM	@	HOU	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	124	Sep 3	NYM	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	CF 1B
70	126 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
71	128 (1)	Sep 6	NYM		MON	L,3-7	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
72	129	Sep 7	NYM		MON	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
73	138 (8)	Sep 16	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-18	GS	41	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
							75gm		579.0	212	5	4	221	4