Willie Mays
Willie Howard Mays
Born: May 6, 1931
Westfield, AL USA
Primary Position: CF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170
Career: 1951-1973
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Minor League Statistics
Willie Mays compiled a career batting average of .302 with 660 home runs and 1903 RBI in his 2992-game career with the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1951 season and last took the field during the 1973 campaign. Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1951 | NL | New York Giants | 121 | 524 | 464 | 59 | 127 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 60 | .274 | .356 | .472 | .828 | 219 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | New York Giants | 34 | 144 | 127 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 17 | .236 | .326 | .409 | .736 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | 151 | 640 | 565 | 119 | 195 | 33 | 13 | 41 | 110 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 57 | .345 | .411 | .667 | 1.078 | 377 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1955 | NL | New York Giants | 152 | 670 | 580 | 123 | 185 | 18 | 13 | 51 | 127 | 24 | 4 | 79 | 60 | .319 | .400 | .659 | 1.059 | 382 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
1956 | NL | New York Giants | 152 | 650 | 578 | 101 | 171 | 27 | 8 | 36 | 84 | 40 | 10 | 68 | 65 | .296 | .369 | .557 | .926 | 322 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
1957 | NL | New York Giants | 152 | 668 | 585 | 112 | 195 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 97 | 38 | 19 | 76 | 62 | .333 | .407 | .626 | 1.033 | 366 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
1958 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 685 | 600 | 121 | 208 | 33 | 11 | 29 | 96 | 31 | 6 | 78 | 56 | .347 | .419 | .583 | 1.002 | 350 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 151 | 648 | 575 | 125 | 180 | 43 | 5 | 34 | 104 | 27 | 4 | 65 | 58 | .313 | .381 | .583 | .964 | 335 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 153 | 669 | 595 | 107 | 190 | 29 | 12 | 29 | 103 | 25 | 10 | 61 | 70 | .319 | .381 | .555 | .936 | 330 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 154 | 659 | 572 | 129 | 176 | 32 | 3 | 40 | 123 | 18 | 9 | 81 | 77 | .308 | .393 | .584 | .977 | 334 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 162 | 706 | 621 | 130 | 189 | 36 | 5 | 49 | 141 | 18 | 2 | 78 | 85 | .304 | .384 | .615 | .999 | 382 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 157 | 671 | 596 | 115 | 187 | 32 | 7 | 38 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 83 | .314 | .380 | .582 | .962 | 347 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 157 | 665 | 578 | 121 | 171 | 21 | 9 | 47 | 111 | 19 | 5 | 82 | 72 | .296 | .383 | .607 | .990 | 351 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 157 | 638 | 558 | 118 | 177 | 21 | 3 | 52 | 112 | 9 | 4 | 76 | 71 | .317 | .398 | .645 | 1.043 | 360 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
1966 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 629 | 552 | 99 | 159 | 29 | 4 | 37 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 81 | .288 | .368 | .556 | .924 | 307 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
1967 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 141 | 544 | 486 | 83 | 128 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 92 | .263 | .334 | .453 | .787 | 220 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
1968 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 148 | 573 | 498 | 84 | 144 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 79 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 81 | .289 | .372 | .488 | .860 | 243 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 117 | 459 | 403 | 64 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 71 | .283 | .362 | .437 | .798 | 176 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 139 | 566 | 478 | 94 | 139 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 79 | 90 | .291 | .390 | .506 | .897 | 242 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 136 | 537 | 417 | 82 | 113 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 23 | 3 | 112 | 123 | .271 | .425 | .482 | .907 | 201 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 19 | 67 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | .184 | .394 | .224 | .618 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | 69 | 242 | 195 | 27 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 43 | .267 | .402 | .446 | .848 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | 66 | 239 | 209 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 47 | .211 | .303 | .344 | .647 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 2992 | 12493 | 10881 | 2062 | 3283 | 523 | 140 | 660 | 1903 | 338 | 103 | 1464 | 1526 | .302 | .384 | .557 | .941 | 6066 | 251 | 44 | 13 | 91 | 192 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1951 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 353 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .976 | 3.017 | |
1952 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 3.382 | |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 151 | 151 | 1346.3 | 448 | 13 | 7 | 9 | .985 | 3.082 | 3.053 |
1955 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 152 | 152 | 1361.3 | 407 | 23 | 8 | 8 | .982 | 2.843 | 2.829 |
1956 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 152 | 150 | 1343.0 | 415 | 14 | 9 | 6 | .979 | 2.875 | 2.822 |
1957 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 150 | 149 | 1353.7 | 422 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .980 | 2.899 | 2.907 |
1958 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 151 | 150 | 1352.0 | 429 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .980 | 2.969 | 2.954 |
1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 147 | 143 | 1281.3 | 353 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 2.522 | 2.442 |
1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 152 | 152 | 1348.0 | 392 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .981 | 2.697 | 2.658 |
1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 153 | 151 | 1335.0 | 385 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .980 | 2.643 | 2.562 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 161 | 159 | 1393.7 | 429 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .991 | 2.809 | 2.702 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 157 | 155 | 1387.0 | 397 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .981 | 2.621 | 2.573 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 155 | 151 | 1346.3 | 370 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 2.540 | 2.452 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 7.000 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.000 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 151 | 148 | 1275.3 | 337 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .983 | 2.470 | 2.318 |
1966 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 150 | 147 | 1286.0 | 370 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .982 | 2.645 | 2.520 |
1967 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 134 | 123 | 1075.3 | 277 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 2.343 | 2.090 |
1968 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 142 | 129 | 1143.7 | 301 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .978 | 2.424 | 2.169 |
1968 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 |
1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 108 | 96 | 867.0 | 199 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 2.107 | 1.880 |
1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 129 | 117 | 1040.0 | 269 | 6 | 7 | 3 | .975 | 2.380 | 2.132 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 5 | 4 | 35.0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.514 | 7.400 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 84 | 77 | 654.0 | 192 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .970 | 2.670 | 2.310 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 48 | 39 | 372.0 | 384 | 27 | 11 | 43 | .974 | 9.944 | 8.563 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 49 | 44 | 382.0 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 2.639 | 2.286 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 14 | 13 | 113.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.310 | 2.071 |
1972 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 11 | 9 | 84.0 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 8.250 | 7.000 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 45 | 41 | 338.7 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 2.790 | 2.333 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 17 | 14 | 121.3 | 143 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .980 | 1.904 | 8.647 |
Totals | 2929 | 2666 | 23669.7 | 7752 | 233 | 156 | 121 | .981 | 3.036 | 2.726 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1951 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 6 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .357 | .802 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | 7 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .276 | .321 | .597 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | 4 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .600 | .989 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | WS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 25 | 99 | 89 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .247 | .323 | .337 | .660 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1951 | NL | New York Giants | WS | CF | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.942 | 2.833 |
1954 | NL | New York Giants | WS | CF | 4 | 4 | 37.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.432 | 2.500 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | CF | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.803 | 2.714 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | CF | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.324 | 1.250 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | NLCS | CF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
1973 | NL | New York Mets | WS | CF | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .750 | .500 |
Totals | 24 | 22 | 200.0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.385 | 2.208 |
Awards
1951 - NL Rookie of the Year
1954 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1954 - NL Most Valuable Player
1958 - NL Gold Glove CF
1959 - NL Gold Glove CF
1960 - NL Gold Glove CF
1961 - NL Gold Glove OF
1961 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1962 - NL Gold Glove OF
1962 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1963 - NL Gold Glove OF
1963 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1964 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1964 - NL Gold Glove OF
1965 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1965 - NL Most Valuable Player
1965 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1965 - NL Gold Glove OF
1966 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1966 - NL Gold Glove OF
1967 - NL Gold Glove OF
1968 - NL Gold Glove OF
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