Willie Mays

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: May 6, 1931 in Westfield, AL us

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

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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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG		HOU	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	2	Apr 8	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 9	SFG		HOU	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
4	4	Apr 10	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
5	5	Apr 11	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 12 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	8 (1)	Apr 13	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-9	GS	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	11 (2)	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,11-9	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	12	Apr 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-8	GF	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
10	13	Apr 18	SFG	@	CIN	W,16-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	15 (1)	Apr 22	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	16	Apr 24	SFG		MON	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	17	Apr 25	SFG		MON	L,3-7	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	18	Apr 26 (1)	SFG		MON	W,11-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	20 (1)	Apr 28	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	21	Apr 29	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	23 (1)	May 1	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	24	May 2	SFG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	25	May 3 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,6-8	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	26	May 3 (2)	SFG		PHI	L,6-13	GS	43	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	27	May 5	SFG	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	28	May 7	SFG	@	MON	L,8-15	GS	41	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	29	May 8	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	30	May 9	SFG	@	NYM	L,5-14	GS	41	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	32 (1)	May 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	33	May 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
27	35 (1)	May 14	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	43	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
28	36	May 15	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
29	37	May 16	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	38	May 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	39	May 19	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	40	May 20	SFG		ATL	L,1-6	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	42 (1)	May 23	SFG		SDP	L,16-17	CG	79	15.0	5	0	2	7	0	CF
34	43	May 24 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,6-1	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	44	May 24 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	45	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,3-19	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	46	May 27	SFG		LAD	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	47	May 28	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	48	May 29	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	49	May 30	SFG	@	PIT	W,13-11	CG	54	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	51 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	STL	L,1-12	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	52	Jun 3	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	53	Jun 5	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-12	GS	32	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	55	Jun 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
46	56	Jun 9	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
47	57	Jun 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	59 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
49	60	Jun 14	SFG		STL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	61	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	62	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	63	Jun 18	SFG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
53	64	Jun 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	65	Jun 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	66	Jun 21	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
56	67	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-6	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	68	Jun 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	69	Jun 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	70	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	71	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,3-0	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
61	72	Jun 28 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
62	73	Jun 28 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
63	74	Jun 30	SFG		SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	76 (1)	Jul 3	SFG		LAD	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	77	Jul 4	SFG		LAD	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	78	Jul 5	SFG		LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	79	Jul 6	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
68	80	Jul 7	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
69	81	Jul 8	SFG	@	ATL	W,13-0	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
70	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
71	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	84	Jul 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	71	13.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	85	Jul 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	CF
74	86	Jul 17	SFG		MON	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	87	Jul 18	SFG		MON	W,10-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	88	Jul 19 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
77	89	Jul 19 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,6-7	GS	45	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF 1B
78	90	Jul 20	SFG		NYM	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	93 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	94	Jul 24 (2)	SFG	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	96 (1)	Jul 26	SFG	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
82	97	Jul 27	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	98	Jul 28	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-12	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	99	Jul 29	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
85	101 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	102	Aug 1 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	104 (1)	Aug 2	SFG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	CF
88	106 (1)	Aug 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	107	Aug 5	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
90	110 (2)	Aug 8	SFG		HOU	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
91	111	Aug 9 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,5-7	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	113 (1)	Aug 11	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	114	Aug 12	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
94	115	Aug 13	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
95	116	Aug 14 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	48	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
96	117	Aug 14 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
97	118	Aug 15	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	119	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	120	Aug 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	122 (1)	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	123	Aug 21	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	125 (1)	Aug 23	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
103	126	Aug 25	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
104	127	Aug 26	SFG		STL	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	128	Aug 27	SFG		STL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	130 (1)	Aug 29	SFG		PIT	W,10-9	CG	54	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
107	131	Aug 30 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	132	Aug 30 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	133	Sep 1	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
110	134	Sep 2	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	136 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
112	138 (1)	Sep 6	SFG	@	ATL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
113	139	Sep 7 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	140	Sep 7 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
115	142 (1)	Sep 9	SFG		HOU	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	143	Sep 10	SFG		HOU	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	144	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
118	145	Sep 12	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
119	146	Sep 13	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
120	147	Sep 14	SFG		ATL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
121	148	Sep 15	SFG		ATL	W,8-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	150 (1)	Sep 17	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
123	151	Sep 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
124	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
125	153	Sep 21	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
126	154	Sep 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	155	Sep 23	SFG	@	LAD	W,14-10	CG	50	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
128	157 (1)	Sep 26	SFG		SDP	W,7-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
129	159 (1)	Sep 28	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
130	160	Sep 29	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	161	Sep 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
132	162	Oct 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							133gm		1075.0	306	9	7	322	6