Willie Mays
Born: May 6, 1931, Westfield, ALHeight: 5'10" Weight: 170 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1951 New York NL 20 121 464 59 127 219 22 5 20 68 1 0 4 0 50 7 2 60 7 .356 1.200 .472 1952 New York NL 21 34 127 17 30 52 2 4 4 23 0 0 1 0 15 1 1 17 4 .326 .400 .409 1954 New York NL 23 151 565 119 195 377 33 13 41 110 0 7 8 5 52 14 2 57 12 .345 .667 .411 1955 New York NL 24 152 580 123 185 382 18 13 51 127 0 7 24 4 66 13 4 60 12 .319 .659 .400 1956 New York NL 25 152 578 101 171 322 27 8 36 84 0 3 40 10 48 20 1 65 16 .296 .557 .369 1957 New York NL 26 152 585 112 195 366 26 20 35 97 0 6 38 19 61 15 1 62 14 .333 .626 .407 1958 San Francisco NL 27 152 600 121 208 350 33 11 29 96 0 6 31 6 66 12 1 56 11 .347 .583 .419 1959 San Francisco NL 28 151 575 125 180 335 43 5 34 104 0 6 27 4 56 9 2 58 11 .313 .583 .381 1960 San Francisco NL 29 153 595 107 190 330 29 12 29 103 0 9 25 10 50 11 4 70 15 .319 .555 .381 1961 San Francisco NL 30 154 572 129 176 334 32 3 40 123 0 4 18 9 66 15 2 77 14 .308 .584 .393 1962 San Francisco NL 31 162 621 130 189 382 36 5 49 141 0 3 18 2 67 11 4 85 19 .304 .615 .384 1963 San Francisco NL 32 157 596 115 187 347 32 7 38 103 0 7 8 3 61 5 2 83 15 .314 .582 .380 1964 San Francisco NL 33 157 578 121 171 351 21 9 47 111 1 3 19 5 69 13 1 72 11 .296 .607 .383 1965 San Francisco NL 34 157 558 118 177 360 21 3 52 112 2 2 9 4 60 16 0 71 11 .317 .645 .398 1966 San Francisco NL 35 152 552 99 159 307 29 4 37 103 1 4 5 1 59 11 2 81 13 .288 .556 .368 1967 San Francisco NL 36 141 486 83 128 220 22 2 22 70 2 3 6 0 44 7 2 92 12 .263 .453 .334 1968 San Francisco NL 37 148 498 84 144 243 20 5 23 79 0 6 12 6 60 7 2 81 13 .289 .488 .372 1969 San Francisco NL 38 117 403 64 114 176 17 3 13 58 0 4 6 2 42 7 3 71 8 .283 .437 .362 1970 San Francisco NL 39 139 478 94 139 242 15 2 28 83 0 6 5 0 76 3 3 90 7 .291 .506 .390 1971 San Francisco NL 40 136 417 82 113 201 24 5 18 61 1 4 23 3 101 11 3 123 8 .271 .482 .425 1972 San Francisco NL 41 19 49 8 9 11 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 16 1 0 5 4 .184 .224 .394 1972 New York NL 41 69 195 27 52 87 9 1 8 19 3 0 1 5 38 5 1 43 5 .267 .446 .402 1973 New York NL 42 66 209 24 44 72 10 0 6 25 1 1 1 0 27 0 1 47 7 .211 .344 .303 TOTALS 2992 2062 6066 140 1903 91 98 214 1526 249 .302 .557 .384 10881 3283 523 660 13 332 1250 44
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1951 New York NL CF 1091.0 121 0 1 121 349 13 9 2 .976 2.99 1952 New York NL CF 311.0 34 0 0 34 110 5 1 2 .991 3.33 1954 New York NL CF 1346.1 151 0 3 151 449 13 7 9 .985 3.09 1955 New York NL CF 1361.1 152 0 2 152 412 22 8 8 .982 2.87 1956 New York NL CF 1344.2 150 2 1 152 413 14 9 6 .979 2.86 1957 New York NL CF 1353.2 149 1 1 150 418 14 9 4 .980 2.87 1958 San Francisco NL CF 1352.0 150 1 1 151 429 15 9 2 .980 2.96 1959 San Francisco NL CF 1281.1 143 4 5 147 351 6 5 2 .986 2.51 1960 San Francisco NL CF 1348.0 152 0 4 152 391 11 8 2 .980 2.68 1961 San Francisco NL CF 1335.0 151 2 5 153 385 7 8 3 .980 2.64 1962 San Francisco NL CF 1393.2 159 3 8 162 425 6 4 1 .991 2.78 1963 San Francisco NL CF 1387.0 155 2 10 157 398 8 8 1 .981 2.63 1963 San Francisco NL SS 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1964 San Francisco NL CF 1346.1 151 4 13 155 364 9 5 4 .987 2.49 1964 San Francisco NL 3B 5.2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 1964 San Francisco NL SS 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1964 San Francisco NL 1B 7.0 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 1965 San Francisco NL CF 1242.0 144 4 23 148 323 10 5 4 .985 2.41 1965 San Francisco NL RF 24.1 3 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 .875 2.59 1965 San Francisco NL LF 9.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 1966 San Francisco NL CF 1247.0 142 3 18 145 358 8 7 2 .981 2.64 1966 San Francisco NL RF 38.0 5 0 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 1966 San Francisco NL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1967 San Francisco NL CF 1075.1 123 11 22 134 278 3 7 0 .976 2.35 1968 San Francisco NL CF 1134.2 128 13 18 141 302 7 7 2 .978 2.45 1968 San Francisco NL 1B 9.0 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 1968 San Francisco NL RF 9.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1969 San Francisco NL CF 853.0 94 12 11 106 202 4 5 0 .976 2.17 1969 San Francisco NL RF 14.0 2 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 1969 San Francisco NL 1B 9.0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 1970 San Francisco NL CF 1040.0 117 11 18 128 272 6 7 3 .975 2.41 1970 San Francisco NL 1B 35.0 4 1 0 5 34 3 0 3 1.000 9.51 1971 San Francisco NL CF 654.1 77 7 17 84 193 3 6 1 .970 2.70 1971 San Francisco NL 1B 371.2 39 9 4 48 384 27 11 43 .974 9.95 1972 San Francisco NL CF 113.1 13 1 1 14 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 1972 New York NL CF 381.2 44 6 7 50 107 3 3 1 .973 2.59 1972 New York NL 1B 84.0 9 1 2 10 75 2 1 3 .987 8.25 1973 New York NL CF 338.2 41 4 15 45 103 1 1 0 .990 2.76 1973 New York NL 1B 121.1 14 3 2 17 143 4 3 9 .980 10.90
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (June 20, 1950).
- In military service from May 29, 1952 through end of season and all of 1953 season.
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to New York Mets in exchange for Charlie Williams and $50,000 (May 11, 1972).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Mets (May 13, 1973)
- Activated by New York Mets (June 3, 1973)
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