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Willie
Mays		  
Nickname: Say Hey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 6, 1931 in Usa, AL, WESTFIELD
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Silver Slugger 1960   
Gold Glove 1957   
All-Star Selections 1952    1954    1958    1959    1960    1963    1965   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7
1952 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1954 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1955 24 CIN NL $ 5,250,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1956 25 CIN NL $ 6,250,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
1957 26 CIN NL $ 6,250,000   8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1958 27 CIN NL $ 6,250,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
1959 28 CIN NL $ 6,250,000   8 8 8 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
1960 29 PIT NL $ 11,080,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7
1961 30 PIT NL $ 11,080,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7
1962 31 PIT NL $ 11,080,000   7 7 8 10 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1963 32 PIT NL $ 11,080,000   7 7 8 9 8 9 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1964 33 PIT NL $ 11,080,000   7 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7
1965 34 MIN AL $ 11,080,000   7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7
1966 35 MIN AL $ 11,080,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 6
1967 36 MIN AL $ 8,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,080,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 20 CIN NL 101 360 66 100 9 3 17 58 28 5 64 36 .278 .386 .461 .847 67.8 10.4
    AAA   53 179 44 68 6 3 17 45 6 2 51 18 .380 .517 .732 1.249 60.0  
1952 21 CIN NL 156 583 104 176 34 4 34 106 25 10 89 77 .302 .392 .549 .941 120.0 25.1
1953 22 CIN NL 155 585 122 183 23 5 36 113 30 14 68 59 .313 .384 .554 .938 113.2 22.2
1954 23 CIN NL 156 588 113 173 31 10 35 120 31 15 77 62 .294 .374 .560 .934 113.9 22.0
1955 24 CIN NL 154 555 102 165 16 3 40 112 36 7 72 56 .297 .378 .553 .931 113.9 22.9
1956 25 CIN NL 155 561 92 159 30 5 29 82 30 8 82 67 .283 .375 .510 .885 105.7 22.5
1957 26 CIN NL 152 546 103 164 35 4 26 97 18 14 82 73 .300 .394 .522 .916 107.3 26.5
1958 27 CIN NL 155 532 106 174 30 1 38 102 33 8 75 80 .327 .408 .602 1.010 121.0 31.4
1959 28 CIN NL 156 585 114 180 33 5 40 104 19 13 67 94 .308 .379 .586 .965 115.0 25.8
1960 29 PIT NL 153 571 104 175 28 3 46 115 11 7 69 92 .306 .380 .608 .988 121.9 25.4
1961 30 PIT NL 153 586 95 151 33 2 38 112 11 2 66 106 .258 .331 .515 .846 96.8 17.5
1962 31 PIT NL 113 442 92 150 31 4 35 104 0 0 45 51 .339 .400 .665 1.066 99.1 30.0
1963 32 PIT NL 123 429 74 125 27 4 25 74 6 3 42 84 .291 .356 .548 .904 76.8 20.2
1964 33 PIT NL 155 587 92 161 25 3 24 69 11 3 78 96 .274 .361 .450 .811 95.7 22.6
1965 34 MIN AL 153 523 81 155 40 2 20 95 20 15 87 94 .296 .392 .495 .887 94.5 25.2
1966 35 MIN AL 155 588 85 165 22 6 26 78 25 13 45 112 .281 .332 .471 .803 87.3 14.4
1967 36 MIN AL 153 523 75 111 11 10 16 69 21 9 59 157 .212 .294 .363 .657 59.0 6.8
17 Years Sim 2498 9144 1620 2667 458 74 525 1610 355 146 1167 1396 .292 .371 .530 .902 1709.0 370.9
1 Years AAA 53 179 44 68 6 3 17 45 6 2 51 18 .380 .511 .732 1.242 60.0  
162 Game Average 593 105 172 29 4 34 104 23 9 75 90 .292 .371 .530 .902 110.8  
Career Highs 156 588 122 183 40 10 46 120 36 15 89 157 .339 .408 .665 1.066 121.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5593 993 1609 275 45 334 1017 202 94 663 854 .288 .363 .532 .896 1052.5
vs LH   3551 627 1058 183 29 191 593 153 52 504 542 .298 .384 .527 .911 707.4
Home 1230 4367 780 1297 227 34 260 778 171 68 572 680 .297 .378 .543 .921 870.0
Away 1268 4777 840 1370 231 40 265 832 184 78 595 716 .287 .365 .518 .884 889.9
RISP   2133 0 640 112 22 123 997 0 0 386 325 .300 .400 .546 .946 460.1
Pinch Hitting   130 23 39 5 0 11 33 2 3 19 14 .300 .391 .592 .983 28.1
Close/Late   1126 205 326 67 5 67 202 0 0 194 166 .290 .395 .536 .932 232.6
Mar/Apr 401 1524 285 483 87 15 93 290 43 22 182 239 .317 .389 .577 .966 318.8
May 403 1475 264 419 67 12 91 269 56 30 190 219 .284 .366 .531 .897 280.0
June 424 1557 257 440 73 12 80 259 64 23 181 247 .283 .356 .499 .855 276.2
July 413 1554 274 450 94 9 89 270 53 19 186 234 .290 .365 .533 .899 294.9
August 420 1530 262 418 65 12 82 246 57 29 216 230 .273 .363 .492 .856 274.5
Sep/Oct 437 1504 278 457 72 14 90 276 82 23 212 227 .304 .389 .550 .939 315.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1951 20 CIN NL LF 96 94 823.3 169 2 17 0 .910 1.87   1.4
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1952 21 CIN NL CF 149 147 1318.7 386 4 12 3 .970 2.66   1.3
    LF 4 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1953 22 CIN NL CF 104 98 887.3 286 6 9 2 .970 2.96   3.4
    RF 47 47 419.3 82 1 1 0 .988 1.78    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 23 CIN NL CF 148 147 1331.3 368 5 3 2 .992 2.52   3.2
    LF 4 0 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 24 CIN NL CF 144 143 1288.0 338 3 5 0 .986 2.38   3.7
    RF 4 0 13.7 2 0 2 0 .500 1.32    
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1956 25 CIN NL CF 145 144 1275.7 345 4 8 3 .978 2.46   2.9
    2B 1 1 15.0 2 3 2 0 .714 3.00   0.0
    LF 5 0 8.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1957 26 CIN NL CF 139 139 1220.0 404 8 3 4 .993 3.04   3.0
    LF 5 4 35.7 20 0 3 0 .870 5.05    
    RF 6 1 18.7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.93    
1958 27 CIN NL CF 126 120 1069.0 324 3 6 1 .982 2.75   3.9
    LF 18 16 148.3 28 1 2 0 .935 1.76    
    RF 8 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1959 28 CIN NL LF 147 147 1300.3 226 10 22 1 .915 1.63   1.8
    CF 4 1 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
1960 29 PIT NL CF 143 141 1285.0 345 5 3 2 .992 2.45   5.5
    RF 6 0 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    LF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 30 PIT NL CF 147 147 1334.3 365 2 12 1 .968 2.48   3.8
    RF 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1962 31 PIT NL CF 106 106 968.7 251 6 7 2 .973 2.39   3.0
    RF 4 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1963 32 PIT NL CF 109 99 903.3 215 3 3 1 .986 2.17   2.3
    RF 3 3 27.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33    
    LF 6 2 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
1964 33 PIT NL CF 149 149 1341.0 368 2 6 1 .984 2.48   2.2
    RF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1965 34 MIN AL CF 133 133 1198.0 300 2 6 2 .981 2.27   4.4
    LF 11 3 48.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.48    
    RF 9 0 16.7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.62    
1966 35 MIN AL CF 145 144 1290.3 351 4 9 0 .975 2.48   4.8
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    RF 6 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90    
1967 36 MIN AL CF 148 147 1259.0 293 6 7 4 .977 2.14   3.9
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 2040 2006 17992.6 4944 63 99 28 .981 2.50   51.5
  LF 308 267 2439.3 462 14 44 1 .915 1.76   3.2
  RF 112 51 577.3 113 1 8 0 .934 1.78    
  2B 1 1 15.0 2 3 2 0 .714 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   2461 2325 21024.2 5521 81 153 29 .973 2.40   54.8
Career Highs   155 149 1352.0 428 10 23 4 .992 3.08    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 30 PIT NL 6 24 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .250 .280 .333 .613
1962 31 PIT NL 18 70 8 14 3 1 3 8 0 0 9 11 .200 .300 .400 .700
1963 32 PIT NL 7 27 5 12 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 .444 .500 .481 .981
1965 34 MIN AL 10 40 2 12 3 1 0 6 1 0 3 6 .300 .349 .425 .774
Career Post-Season Batting 41 161 19 44 9 2 3 17 3 0 16 27 .273 .343 .410 .753
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1952-8-.302
1953-10-.313
1957-10-.300
1958-2-.327
1959-3-.308
1960-5-.306
1962-2-.332*
1965-8-.296
 On-Base Pct
1953-10-.384
1956-9-.375
1957-5-.394
1958-3-.408
1959-7-.379
1960-6-.380
1962-2-.392*
1964-9-.361
1965-4-.392
 Slugging Pct
1952-4-.549
1953-4-.554
1954-4-.560
1955-10-.553
1958-5-.602
1959-4-.586
1960-1-.608
1961-9-.515
1962-1-.650*
1963-9-.518*
1965-4-.495
1966-9-.471
CAR-18-.530
 OPS
1952-3-.941
1953-5-.938
1954-6-.934
1955-9-.931
1957-8-.916
1958-5-1.010
1959-4-.965
1960-1-.988
1961-10-.846
1962-1-1.043*
1963-8-.856*
1965-3-.887
CAR-20-.902
 XR
1952-1-120.0
1953-4-113.2
1954-7-113.9
1955-6-113.9
1956-8-105.7
1957-7-107.3
1958-5-121.0
1959-2-115.0
1960-1-121.9
1961-9-96.8
1962-4-99.1
1964-8-95.7
1965-3-94.5
CAR-9-1709.0
 Games
1952-4-156
1953-5-155
1954-7-156
1959-8-156
CAR-23-2498
At-Bats
1952-5-583
1953-4-585
1954-7-588
1959-4-585
1961-4-586
1964-6-587
1966-7-588
CAR-22-9144
 Runs
1952-10-104
1953-2-122
1954-5-113
1957-6-103
1958-5-106
1959-2-114
1960-3-104
1961-9-95
1962-5-92
1964-8-92
CAR-15-1620
 Hits
1952-3-176
1953-5-183
1954-7-173
1957-10-164
1958-7-174
1959-1-180
1960-3-175
1964-7-161
1965-10-155
CAR-20-2667
 Total Bases
1952-1-320
1953-2-324
1954-4-329
1955-7-307
1958-6-320
1959-1-343
1960-1-347
1961-9-302
1962-3-294
1965-10-259
1966-4-277
CAR-9-4848
 Singles
1953-8-119
1959-10-102
 Doubles
1952-4-34
1954-10-31
1957-6-35
1958-10-30
1959-6-33
1960-10-28
1961-5-33
1962-5-31
1963-8-27
1965-4-40
Triples
1953-9-5
1954-1-10
1956-10-5
1959-10-5
1966-8-6
1967-3-10
 Homeruns
1952-6-34
1953-4-36
1954-6-35
1955-4-40
1958-6-38
1959-3-40
1960-1-46
1961-5-38
1962-3-35
1966-5-26
CAR-10-525
 RBIs
1952-7-106
1953-6-113
1954-5-120
1955-6-112
1958-7-102
1959-5-104
1960-1-115
1961-4-112
1962-2-104
1965-4-95
CAR-17-1610
 Stolen Bases
1951-3-28
1952-6-25
1953-1-30
1954-1-31
1955-1-36
1956-1-30
1957-1-18
1958-1-33
1959-3-19
1960-5-11
1961-6-11
CAR-33-355
 Caught Stealing
1951-9-5
1952-5-10
1953-2-14
1954-1-15
1955-5-7
1956-3-8
1957-1-14
1958-1-8
1959-1-13
1960-4-7
1965-5-15
1966-4-13
CAR-36-146
 Walks
1956-8-82
1957-5-82
1958-7-75
1960-7-69
1964-5-78
1965-5-87
CAR-39-1167
Strikeouts
1967-5-157
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 276    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1951
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/1/1951, off Frank Barrett (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1952, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 9/5/1952
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1953, hitting .389 with 10 HR, 34 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1954, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,250,000 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 4/16/1955
7/31/1955: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1955, hitting .309 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1955, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/13/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1956, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1957, hitting .380 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
Injured on 6/28/1957 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1957
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against St. Louis on 5/17/1958
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/18/1958
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1959, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 3 RBI
6/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $11,080,000 per year, for 7 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1959, hitting .400 with 9 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Traded from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh on 4/2/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Willie Mays. Going to CIN: LF Ken Hunt, RF Lou Clinton, 1B Deron Johnson, 1B Gordy Coleman)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1960, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1960, hitting .361 with 11 HR, 26 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1960, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1960, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1960, hitting .444 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1960, hitting .362 with 12 HR, 24 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1960, hitting .306 with 46 HR, 115 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/2/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1961, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 4/28/1962 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1962, hitting .412 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1962, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1962, hitting .376 with 10 HR, 35 RBI
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1963, hitting .313 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/20/1963, off Red Swanson (BRK)
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1963 with a Fractured Hip, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Minnesota on 2/7/1965 (Going to MIN: P Joe Gibbon, P Bob Duliba, CF Willie Mays. Going to PIT: LF Willie Davis, CF Charlie James)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1965, hitting .483 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Had 500th career homerun on 8/2/1966, off John Gelnar (TOR)
10/22/1966: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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