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Willie Mays Stats

Willie Mays was born on Wednesday, May 6, 1931, in Westfield, Alabama. Mays was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 25, 1951, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie Mays baseball stats page.

"No record book reflects this kind of concentration, determination, perseverance or ability. As a player, Willie Mays could never be captured by mere statistics." - Sportswriter Harry Jupiter in The San Francisco Chronicle

Willie Mays

Willie Mays Autograph on a 1986 Topps (#403)

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Birth Name:	Willie Howard Mays, Jr.
Nickname:	Say Hey
Born On:	05-06-1931
Born In:	Westfield, Alabama
Zodiac:	Taurus
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11
Weight:	180
First Game:	05-25-1951 (Age 20)
Last Game:	09-09-1973
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Willie Mays Willie Mays Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1951	Giants	121	464	59	127	22	5	20	0	68	57	-	60	1	-	2	11	.274	.356	.472
1952	Giants	34	127	17	30	2	4	4	0	23	16	-	17	0	-	1	2	.236	.326	.409
1954	Giants	151	565	119	195	33	13	41	0	110	66	-	57	0	7	2	12	.345	.411	.667
1955	Giants	152	580	123	185	18	13	51	1	127	79	13	60	0	7	4	12	.319	.400	.659
1956	Giants	152	578	101	171	27	8	36	0	84	68	20	65	0	3	1	16	.296	.369	.557
1957	Giants	152	585	112	195	26	20	35	0	97	76	15	62	0	6	1	14	.333	.407	.626
1958	Giants	152	600	121	208	33	11	29	1	96	78	12	56	0	6	1	11	.347	.419	.583
1959	Giants	151	575	125	180	43	5	34	0	104	65	9	58	0	6	2	11	.313	.381	.583
1960	Giants	153	595	107	190	29	12	29	1	103	61	11	70	0	9	4	15	.319	.381	.555
1961	Giants	154	572	129	176	32	3	40	2	123	81	15	77	0	4	2	14	.308	.393	.584
1962	Giants	162	621	130	189	36	5	49	1	141	78	11	85	0	3	4	19	.304	.384	.615
1963	Giants	157	596	115	187	32	7	38	0	103	66	5	83	0	7	2	15	.314	.380	.582
1964	Giants	157	578	121	171	21	9	47	0	111	82	13	72	1	3	1	11	.296	.383	.607
1965	Giants	157	558	118	177	21	3	52	0	112	76	16	71	2	2	0	11	.317	.398	.645
1966	Giants	152	552	99	159	29	4	37	0	103	70	11	81	1	4	2	13	.288	.368	.556
1967	Giants	141	486	83	128	22	2	22	1	70	51	7	92	2	3	2	12	.263	.334	.453
1968	Giants	148	498	84	144	20	5	23	0	79	67	7	81	0	6	2	13	.289	.372	.488
1969	Giants	117	403	64	114	17	3	13	0	58	49	7	71	0	4	3	8	.283	.362	.437
1970	Giants	139	478	94	139	15	2	28	0	83	79	3	90	0	6	3	7	.291	.390	.506
1971	Giants	136	417	82	113	24	5	18	1	61	112	11	123	1	4	3	8	.271	.425	.482
1972	Giants	19	49	8	9	2	0	0	0	3	17	1	5	1	0	0	4	.184	.394	.224
1972	Mets	69	195	27	52	9	1	8	0	19	43	5	43	3	0	1	5	.267	.402	.446
1973	Mets	66	209	24	44	10	0	6	0	25	27	0	47	1	1	1	7	.211	.303	.344
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
22 Years		2,992	10,881	2,062	3,283	523	140	660	8	1,903	1,464	192	1,526	13	91	44	251	.302	.384	.557

Willie Mays Willie Mays Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1951 Giants	CF	121	-	-	374	3.1	365	353	12	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	-
1952 Giants	CF	34	-	-	116	3.4	115	109	6	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
1954 Giants	CF	151	-	-	468	3.1	461	448	13	7	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	0.00	-
1955 Giants	CF	152	-	-	438	2.9	430	407	23	8	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	-
1956 Giants	CF	152	-	-	438	2.9	429	415	14	9	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	0.00	-
1957 Giants	CF	150	-	-	445	3.0	436	422	14	9	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	0.00	-
1958 Giants	CF	151	-	-	455	3.0	446	429	17	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	0.00	-
1959 Giants	OF	147	-	-	365	2.5	359	353	6	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	0.00	-
1960 Giants	CF	152	-	-	412	2.7	404	392	12	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	0.00	-
1961 Giants	CF	153	-	-	400	2.6	392	385	7	8	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	0.00	-
1962 Giants	CF	161	-	-	439	2.7	435	429	6	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
1963 Giants	CF	157	-	-	412	2.6	404	397	7	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	0.00	-
1963 Giants	SS	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1964 Giants	1B	1	-	-	7	7.0	7	6	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1964 Giants	3B	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1964 Giants	CF	155	-	-	386	2.5	380	370	10	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	0.00	-
1964 Giants	SS	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1965 Giants	OF	151	-	-	356	2.4	350	337	13	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	0.00	-
1966 Giants	OF	150	-	-	385	2.6	378	370	8	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	-
1967 Giants	CF	134	-	-	287	2.1	280	277	3	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	-
1968 Giants	1B	1	-	-	9	9.0	9	9	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1968 Giants	CF	142	-	-	315	2.2	308	301	7	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	0.00	-
1969 Giants	1B	1	-	-	6	6.0	6	6	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1969 Giants	OF	108	-	-	208	1.9	203	199	4	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	-
1970 Giants	1B	5	-	-	37	7.4	37	34	3	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1970 Giants	CF	129	-	-	282	2.2	275	269	6	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	0.00	-
1971 Giants	1B	48	-	-	422	8.8	411	384	27	11	43	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00	-
1971 Giants	CF	84	-	-	200	2.4	194	192	2	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	0.00	-
1972 Giants	CF	14	-	-	29	2.1	29	29	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1972 Mets	1B	11	-	-	78	7.1	77	75	2	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	0.00	-
1972 Mets	OF	49	-	-	115	2.3	112	109	3	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	0.00	-
1973 Mets	1B	17	-	-	150	8.8	147	143	4	3	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	0.00	-
1973 Mets	OF	45	-	-	106	2.4	105	103	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
CF Totals		2,192	0	0	5,896	2.7	5,783	5,624	159	113	51	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	0.00	--
OF Totals		650	0	0	1,535	2.4	1,507	1,471	36	28	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	0.00	--
1B Totals		84	0	0	709	8.4	694	657	37	15	61	n/a	n/a	n/a	.979	0.00	--
SS Totals		2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	--
3B Totals		1	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
22 Years		2,929	-	-	8,141	2.8	7,985	7,752	233	156	121	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	0.00	--

Willie Mays Willie Mays Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1951 Giants	7	4	.636	-	-	n/a	23.2	7.7	6.8	-	-	-
1952 Giants	4	1	.800	-	-	n/a	31.8	7.5	5.5	-	-	-
1954 Giants	8	5	.615	-	-	n/a	13.8	9.9	5.1	-	-	-
1955 Giants	24	4	.857	-	-	n/a	11.4	9.7	4.6	-	-	-
1956 Giants	40	10	.800	-	-	n/a	16.1	8.9	6.9	-	-	-
1957 Giants	38	19	.667	-	-	n/a	16.7	9.4	6.0	-	-	-
1958 Giants	31	6	.838	-	-	n/a	20.7	10.7	6.3	-	-	-
1959 Giants	27	4	.871	-	-	n/a	16.9	9.9	5.5	-	-	-
1960 Giants	25	10	.714	-	-	n/a	20.5	8.5	5.8	-	-	-
1961 Giants	18	9	.667	-	-	n/a	14.3	7.4	4.7	-	-	-
1962 Giants	18	2	.900	-	-	n/a	12.7	7.3	4.4	-	-	-
1963 Giants	8	3	.727	-	-	n/a	15.7	7.2	5.8	-	-	-
1964 Giants	19	5	.792	-	-	n/a	12.3	8.0	5.2	-	-	-
1965 Giants	9	4	.692	-	-	n/a	10.7	7.9	5.0	-	-	-
1966 Giants	5	1	.833	-	-	n/a	14.9	6.8	5.4	-	-	-
1967 Giants	6	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	22.1	5.3	6.9	-	-	-
1968 Giants	12	6	.667	-	-	n/a	21.7	6.1	6.3	-	-	-
1969 Giants	6	2	.750	-	-	n/a	31.0	5.7	6.9	-	-	-
1970 Giants	5	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	17.1	5.3	5.8	-	-	-
1971 Giants	23	3	.885	-	-	n/a	23.2	3.4	6.8	-	-	-
1972 Giants	3	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	9.8	16.3	-	-	-
1972 Mets	1	5	.167	-	-	n/a	24.4	4.5	10.3	-	-	-
1973 Mets	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	34.8	4.4	8.4	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
22 Years	338	103	.766	-	-	n/a	16.5	7.1	5.7	-	-	-

Willie Mays Willie Mays Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1951 New York Giants	14, 24	$5,000.00	-	Stats
1952 New York Giants	24	$7,500.00	-	-
1954 New York Giants	24	$12,500.00	Stats	Stats
1955 New York Giants	24	$30,000.00	Stats	-
1956 New York Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1957 New York Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1958 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1959 San Francisco Giants	24	$80,000.00	Stats	-
1960 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1961 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1962 San Francisco Giants	24	$90,000.00	Stats	Stats
1963 San Francisco Giants	24	$105,000.00	Stats	-
1964 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1965 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1966 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1967 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1968 San Francisco Giants	24	Undetermined	Stats	-
1969 San Francisco Giants	24	$120,000.00	Stats	-
1970 San Francisco Giants	24	$125,000.00	Stats	-
1971 San Francisco Giants	24	$180,000.00	Stats	-
1972 San Francisco Giants	24	$180,000.00	Stats	-
1972 New York Mets	24	$170,000.00	Stats	-
1973 New York Mets	24	$170,000.00	Stats	Stats
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