Oct 17, 2013 · When it was announced that Willie Mays, a real superstar, would not play due to a sore shoulder, fans booed and jeered, so he decided to bat and thrilled the fans to a home run over the...

Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Jun 19, 2024 · Willie Mays, a generational baseball player known as the 'Say Hey Kid', has died at 93. He was considered by many to be the greatest all-around baseball player in history. Mays' Hall-of-Fame career spanned more than two decades, from the 1950s to 1970s.

Oct 10, 2024 · Mays, previously credited with 3,283 career hits, gained another 10 from his stint with the Black Barons. But his home run total remains at 660 even though newspaper articles record his hitting multiple dingers with Birmingham: no box scores exist to verify those blasts.

More than 60 years later, we remember Willie Mays as he was then, during his prime, his cap flying off his head as he rounded the bases toward immortality.

Jun 19, 2024 · Reaction from the sports world and beyond to the death of baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays. He died Tuesday at age 93, Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced.

Jun 19, 2024 · Simply put, you can’t tell the story of baseball without talking about Willie Mays — it is impossible to overstate just how much of an impact he had on the game. I could go on and on about his...

On Sept. 22, 1969, Mays became the second player to hit 600 career home runs, joining Babe Ruth. His 391-foot shot exalted the crowd at San Diego Stadium and led to the creation of a commemorative bat honoring and memorializing the historic event, which is now a part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s collection.

Jun 19, 2024 · Mays, who died on Tuesday at the age of 93, was a mid-century masterpiece of a modern ballplayer. He came along at a time when baseball still reigned as the nation’s true national...

REMEMBERING A LEGEND ⚾ | Willie Mays, a San Francisco Giants legend and one of baseball's best has died. He was 93. MORE: https://bit.ly/3xnAgr7