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Willie Mays's number 24 was retired by the San Francisco Giants in 1972. Willie Mays's number 24 was retired by the New York Mets in 2022. On January 23, 1979, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He garnered 409 of the 432 ballots cast (94.68%). [210]
1979 BBWAA inductee Willie Mays. Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1979 followed the system in place since 1978, except that players who appeared on fewer than 5% of BBWAA ballots would now no longer be eligible in future elections.
"I arrived in New York City on a Friday at 4 o'clock," Mays recalled during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1979. "Scared to death with three bats in my little briefcase, my glove, I didn't ...
And even after a Hall of Fame career, that’s what made Mays great. In a room of the best players in the world, both when he played and after, they all knew he was the best. Willie Mays wasn’t ...
Willie Mays, the dynamic baseball Hall of Famer who shined in all facets of the game and made a dramatic catch in the 1954 World Series, passed away Tuesday at the age of 93, the San Francisco ...
Hall of Fame baseball player Willie Mays speaks with students from PS 46 the Arthur Tappan School in New York, Jan. 21, 2011. The school is located in the Polo Grounds neighborhood where the New ...
The baseball glove that Willie Mays used in "The Catch" on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2008. The play prevented the Indians from taking the lead and, in the bottom of the 10th, the Giants won the game on their way to sweeping the Series.
Mays, who recorded a .301 career batting average, finished with 660 home runs, 3,293 hits, 1,909 runs batted in and 2,068 runs. The center fielder was a two-time MVP, 24-time All-Star and 12-time ...