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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SFG		MLN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 15	SFG		MLN	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 16	SFG		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 17	SFG		STL	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18	SFG		STL	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 19	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20	SFG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 22	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,15-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 25	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	CF 1B
13	13	May 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	May 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
15	15	May 4	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
16	17 (1)	May 6	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	18	May 7	SFG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	19	May 8	SFG		LAD	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
19	20	May 9	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	21	May 10	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	22	May 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	23	May 12	SFG	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	24	May 13	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	25	May 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	26	May 15	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	27	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,6-4	CG	59	15.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
27	28	May 17 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	29	May 17 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	30	May 18	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	31	May 19	SFG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	32	May 20	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	33	May 21	SFG		PHI	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
33	34	May 22	SFG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	35	May 23	SFG		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
35	36	May 24 (1)	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	37	May 24 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	38	May 27	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
38	39	May 28	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	40	May 29	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	41	May 30	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	42	May 31 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	43	May 31 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	91	23.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	45	Jun 3	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	CF
45	46	Jun 4	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	47	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
47	48	Jun 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
48	49	Jun 7	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	50	Jun 9	SFG		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
50	51	Jun 10 (1)	SFG		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	52	Jun 10 (2)	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	53	Jun 11	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	54	Jun 12	SFG		MLN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	55	Jun 13	SFG		MLN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
55	56	Jun 14	SFG		CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	57	Jun 15	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	58	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	59	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	60	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	61	Jun 19	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
61	62	Jun 20	SFG	@	STL	W,14-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
62	63	Jun 21	SFG	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	64	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	65	Jun 23 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
65	66	Jun 23 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	67	Jun 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	68	Jun 25	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	69	Jun 26	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	70	Jun 27	SFG		LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
70	71	Jun 28	SFG		LAD	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
71	72	Jun 29	SFG		NYM	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	73	Jun 30	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	74	Jul 1	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	75	Jul 2	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	76	Jul 3	SFG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	77	Jul 4	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	78	Jul 5	SFG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	79	Jul 8 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	80	Jul 8 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	81	Jul 9	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	82	Jul 10	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	83	Jul 11	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	84	Jul 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
84	85	Jul 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	86	Jul 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
86	87	Jul 15	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	88	Jul 16	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	90 (1)	Jul 18	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	91	Jul 19 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	92	Jul 19 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	93	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	94	Jul 21	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	95	Jul 22	SFG		CHC	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	96	Jul 23	SFG		CHC	L,4-13	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	97	Jul 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
96	98	Jul 25	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	99	Jul 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
98	100	Jul 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
99	101	Jul 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	102	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
101	103	Jul 31	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 1	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	105	Aug 2	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	106	Aug 3	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	CF
105	107	Aug 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	58	14.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
106	108	Aug 5	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	109	Aug 7	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	110	Aug 8	SFG	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
109	111	Aug 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
110	112	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	113	Aug 11	SFG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	114	Aug 12	SFG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
113	115	Aug 14	SFG		MLN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
114	116	Aug 15	SFG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
115	117	Aug 16 (1)	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	118	Aug 16 (2)	SFG		MLN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
117	119	Aug 18	SFG		CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
118	121 (1)	Aug 20	SFG		CIN	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
119	122	Aug 21	SFG		STL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
120	123	Aug 22	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
121	124	Aug 23	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
122	125	Aug 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
123	126	Aug 25	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
124	127	Aug 26	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	35	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	CF 3B
125	128	Aug 27	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-13	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
126	129	Aug 28	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
127	130	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	131	Aug 30 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	W,13-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
129	132	Aug 30 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	133	Sep 1	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
131	134	Sep 2	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
132	136 (1)	Sep 4	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
133	138 (1)	Sep 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
134	139	Sep 7 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
135	141 (1)	Sep 9	SFG		LAD	L,1-8	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
136	142	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
137	143	Sep 11	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
138	144	Sep 12	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
139	145	Sep 13	SFG		PHI	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
140	146	Sep 15	SFG		NYM	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
141	148 (1)	Sep 18	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
142	149	Sep 19	SFG		PIT	W,13-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
143	150	Sep 20	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
144	151	Sep 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
145	152	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
146	153	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
147	154	Sep 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
148	155	Sep 27 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
149	156	Sep 27 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
150	157	Sep 29	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
151	158	Sep 30	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
152	159	Oct 1	SFG		HOU	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
153	160	Oct 2	SFG		CHC	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
154	161	Oct 3	SFG		CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
155	162	Oct 4	SFG		CHC	L,2-9	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
							158gm		1362.0	370	11	6	387	5