However, Mays wasn’t done with the Giants yet. He happened to play his first game as a Met against them on a soggy Sunday at Shea Stadium. Facing Don Carrithers, Mays stroked his 647th career home run to break a fifth-inning tie and give the Mets a 5-4 triumph....
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Willie Mays. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
In a surprise salute at Citi Field, the Mets retired Mays' jersey Saturday as part of festivities during the organization's first Old-Timers' Day since 1994. "From this day forward, no Met will ever wear Willie Mays' iconic No. 24," emcee Howie Rose read to a near-standing ovation fro...
Sox, I was pulling for the Giants, but I was a big fan of Mickey Mantle. It would have suited me fine if both he and Willie had performed in the game as they had done during BP, but it didn’t happen. For the ’62 Series, only eight homeruns were hit collectively by the two ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- If you take stock of the thousands of AP and Getty images, the decades worth of baseball cards and posters produced and the countless highlights showcasing Willie Mays' greatness as a baseball player, artist Chuck Styles could have ch
just needling a Met fan who dislikes my team. Nov 30, 2023 #60,232 Coupé It Jun 21, 2009 50,077 51,688 I don’t know what you guys expect. The Yankees are still owned by the Steinbrenners. They don’t actually care about the opinions of people from the Tri-State area. ...
Hundreds of San Francisco Giants fans gathered at Oracle Park on Monday afternoon for a public celebration dedicated to the late baseball legend Willie Mays.
He also gave up the 660th career homer to both Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. More >>Bud Harrelson (1944)A terrific fielder and a beloved Met, he played for the team for 13 seasons and also served as a manager and as a coach (including during the 1986 championship season). Harrelson ...
Mays was the spokesperson for The Institute on Aging in San Francisco as well as the President and CEO of the Say Hey Foundation, supporting underprivileged youth. He also was a member of the Concordia Club. He received honorary degrees from Dartmouth, Miles College, Ohio State University, San...
joins MLB Tonight to talk about the passing of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, his impact on the sport and more","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:03:03","slug":"ken-griffey-jr-reflects-on-willie-mays","tags":[{"__typename":"TaxonomyTag","slug":"vod","title":"vod","type"...