Nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid,” Willie Mays was a 24-time All-Star who hit .301 with 660 home runs and 1,909 RBI and won 12 Gold Gloves as a center fielder during one of the greatest careers in ...

Willie Mays smiles prior to a game between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Aug. 19, 2016. AP By late May of that 1951 season, Mays was in the major leagues.

Willie Mays MLB via Getty Images. That was good enough for him. Famously, he hit a home run in his very first game as a Met — against the Giants, of all teams, on May 14, 1972.

Willie Mays, one of the greatest ... Mays hit 660 home runs — sixth-most in MLB history — and drove in 1,909 RBI. ... "I sat down and thought about how it was playing for the Mets back in the ...

Willie Mays, baseball icon who played for Giants and Mets, dies at age 93. Updated: Jun. 18, ... in 1951 and 1962 for the Giants and 1973 for the Mets, batting just .239 with no home runs in the ...

Michael Mays says his father was in the dugout, ready to hit. “He’s Willie Mays. ... Willie Mays wanted 1 last Mets at-bat in 1973 World Series before ‘Say Hey Kid' said bye ...

Outfielder Willie Mays, No. 24 of the New York Mets, bats during a Major League Baseball game circa 1973 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Mays played for the Mets from 1972 ...

Oakland Coliseum paid homage Tuesday night to the late Willie Mays, who got the final hit of his historic career there to spark the New York Mets' Game 2 comeback in the 1973 World Series against ...

Willie Mays: 1931 - 2024 “Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at the richly merited old age of 93, was baseball itself, more than anyone else ever connected with the game. Not just the best player ...