Nickname: Say Hey
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 05-06-1931
Birthplace: Westfield, AL, USA
Career Positions Played: CF,OF,SS,1B,3B,LF,RF
Rookie of the Year: 1951
All-Star: 1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973
Gold Glove Award: 1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968
League MVP Award: 1954,1963,1965,1968
Hall of Fame: Entered in 1979
Height: 5 ft., 11 in. Weight: 180 lbs.
(Willie Mays at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 52 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1951 NY:N 8 19 121 524 464 127 80 22 5 20 68 59 .274 .260 .356 .472 57 - 60 1 - 2 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N OF 20 34 144 127 30 20 2 4 4 23 17 .236 .253 .326 .409 16 - 17 0 - 1 1952 NY:N
1954 NY:N 8 22 151 640 565 195 108 33 13 41 110 119 .345 .265 .415 .667 66 - 57 0 7 2 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 8 23 152 670 580 185 103 18 13 51 127 123 .319 .259 .404 .659 79 13 60 0 7 4 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N OF 24 152 650 578 171 100 27 8 36 84 101 .296 .256 .371 .557 68 20 65 0 3 1 1956 NY:N
1957 NY:N OF 25 152 668 585 195 114 26 20 35 97 112 .333 .260 .411 .626 76 15 62 0 6 1 1957 NY:N
1958 SF:N 8 26 152 685 600 208 135 33 11 29 96 121 .347 .262 .419 .583 78 12 57 0 6 1 1958 SF:N
1959 SF:N 8 27 151 649 575 180 98 43 5 34 104 125 .313 .260 .382 .583 66 9 58 0 6 2 1959 SF:N
1960 SF:N 8 28 153 669 595 190 120 29 12 29 103 107 .319 .255 .381 .555 61 11 70 0 9 4 1960 SF:N
1961 SF:N 8 29 154 659 572 176 101 32 3 40 123 129 .308 .262 .393 .584 81 15 79 0 4 2 1961 SF:N
1962 SF:N 8 30 162 707 621 189 99 36 5 49 141 130 .304 .261 .384 .615 78 11 86 1 3 4 1962 SF:N
1963 SF:N 6,8 31 157 671 596 187 110 32 7 38 103 115 .314 .245 .380 .582 66 5 83 0 7 2 1963 SF:N
1964 SF:N 3,5,6,8 32 157 666 578 171 94 21 9 47 111 121 .296 .254 .383 .607 82 13 72 2 3 1 1964 SF:N
1965 SF:N 7,8,9 33 157 638 558 177 101 21 3 52 112 118 .317 .249 .398 .645 76 16 71 2 2 0 1965 SF:N
1966 SF:N 7,8,9 34 152 629 552 159 89 29 4 37 103 99 .288 .256 .368 .556 70 11 81 1 4 2 1966 SF:N
1967 SF:N 8 35 141 544 486 128 82 22 2 22 70 83 .263 .249 .334 .453 51 7 92 2 3 2 1967 SF:N
1968 SF:N 3,8,9 36 148 573 498 144 96 20 5 23 79 84 .289 .243 .372 .488 67 7 81 0 6 2 1968 SF:N
1969 SF:N 3,8,9 37 117 459 403 114 81 17 3 13 58 64 .283 .250 .362 .437 49 7 71 0 4 3 1969 SF:N
1970 SF:N 3,8 38 139 566 478 139 94 15 2 28 83 94 .291 .258 .390 .506 79 3 90 0 6 3 1970 SF:N
1971 SF:N 3,8 39 136 537 417 113 66 24 5 18 61 82 .271 .252 .425 .482 112 11 123 1 4 3 1971 SF:N
1972 SF:N 8 40 19 67 49 9 7 2 0 0 3 8 .184 .248 .394 .224 17 1 5 1 0 0 1972 SF:N
1972 NY:N 3,8 40 69 242 195 52 34 9 1 8 19 27 .267 .248 .402 .446 43 5 43 3 0 1 1972 NY:N
1973 NY:N 3,8 41 66 239 209 44 28 10 0 6 25 24 .211 .254 .303 .344 27 0 47 1 1 1 1973 NY:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1951 NY:N 19 7 4 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 219 - - - - .63 11 - 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 20 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 52 - - - - - 2 - 1952 NY:N
1954 NY:N 22 8 5 - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0 377 394 - - - - 12 - 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 23 24 4 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 382 418 - - - - 12 - 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 24 40 10 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 322 436 - - - - 16 - 1956 NY:N
1957 NY:N 25 38 19 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 366 429 - - - - 14 - 1957 NY:N
1958 SF:N 26 31 6 8 1 0 0 .16 .09 .63 .65 12 0 0 1 350 415 138 207 18 .67 11 149 1958 SF:N
1959 SF:N 27 27 4 6 0 2 1 .16 .06 .53 .82 15 0 0 0 335 416 146 198 14 .74 11 152 1959 SF:N
1960 SF:N 28 25 10 1 3 1 0 .18 .04 .54 .85 17 2 0 1 330 440 165 189 12 .87 16 149 1960 SF:N
1961 SF:N 29 18 9 3 2 0 0 .14 .07 .55 .89 14 0 0 2 334 423 143 174 25 .82 14 151 1961 SF:N
1962 SF:N 30 18 2 6 0 0 0 .10 .07 .51 .71 26 0 0 1 382 458 153 194 18 .79 20 203 1962 SF:N
1963 SF:N 31 8 3 2 1 0 0 .05 .03 .77 .62 14 1 0 0 347 434 146 183 16 .80 15 126 1963 SF:N
1964 SF:N 32 19 5 2 1 0 0 .13 .03 .48 .81 22 0 0 0 351 428 192 177 76 1.08 11 138 1964 SF:N
1965 SF:N 33 9 4 2 0 0 0 .09 .02 .50 .73 21 0 0 0 360 400 134 176 5 .76 11 134 1965 SF:N
1966 SF:N 34 5 1 0 0 0 0 .04 .00 .56 .64 12 0 0 0 307 413 150 162 6 .93 14 137 1966 SF:N
1967 SF:N 35 6 0 2 0 0 0 .04 .03 .65 .40 9 0 0 1 220 375 118 151 2 .78 12 121 1967 SF:N
1968 SF:N 36 12 6 3 2 0 0 .10 .06 .45 .71 22 0 0 0 243 380 98 181 5 .54 14 137 1968 SF:N
1969 SF:N 37 6 2 1 1 0 0 .05 .03 .40 .62 8 0 0 0 176 303 91 130 1 .70 8 106 1969 SF:N
1970 SF:N 38 5 0 1 0 0 0 .03 .01 .73 .82 12 0 0 0 242 353 100 152 3 .66 8 155 1970 SF:N
1971 SF:N 39 23 3 4 0 0 0 .15 .04 .30 .65 13 0 0 1 201 320 80 105 2 .76 8 116 1971 SF:N
1972 SF:N 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 .15 .00 .14 .00 1 0 0 0 11 45 27 9 2 3.00 4 12 1972 SF:N
1972 NY:N 40 1 5 1 0 0 0 .08 .02 .33 1.00 4 0 0 0 87 156 44 57 8 .77 5 50 1972 NY:N
1973 NY:N 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 .03 .00 .42 .67 6 0 0 0 72 174 49 66 9 .74 7 55 1973 NY:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1951 NY:N 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1952 NY:N 20 - - - - - - - .000 -
1954 NY:N 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1955 NY:N 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1956 NY:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 -
1957 NY:N 25 1 0 0 0 0 - - .000 .000
1958 SF:N 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1959 SF:N 27 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 .600 1.200
1960 SF:N 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1961 SF:N 29 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.000
1962 SF:N 30 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000
1963 SF:N 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1964 SF:N 32 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 1.333
1965 SF:N 33 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000
1966 SF:N 34 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250
1967 SF:N 35 11 1 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .091
1968 SF:N 36 4 2 0 0 0 4 1 .500 .500
1969 SF:N 37 13 4 0 1 2 2 5 .308 .923
1970 SF:N 38 10 2 0 0 0 3 4 .200 .200
1971 SF:N 39 15 4 1 0 0 2 4 .267 .333
1972 SF:N 40 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 .667 .667
1972 NY:N 40 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 .250 .250
1973 NY:N 41 7 2 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .429
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1951 NY:N 19 230 66 10 4 13 19 26 .287 .535 234 61 12 1 7 37 34 .261 .410 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 20 57 15 0 3 2 8 2 .263 .474 70 15 2 1 2 8 14 .214 .357 1952 NY:N
1954 NY:N 22 279 96 16 4 20 33 19 .344 .645 286 99 17 9 21 34 36 .346 .689 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 23 298 98 13 8 22 37 23 .329 .648 282 87 5 5 29 42 37 .309 .670 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 24 284 85 13 5 20 26 23 .299 .592 294 86 14 3 16 43 42 .293 .524 1956 NY:N
1957 NY:N 25 279 95 8 10 17 44 27 .341 .624 306 100 18 10 18 33 35 .327 .627 1957 NY:N
1958 SF:N 26 289 94 15 6 16 46 28 .325 .585 311 114 18 5 13 32 29 .367 .582 1958 SF:N
1959 SF:N 27 284 82 20 1 16 32 27 .289 .535 291 98 23 4 18 34 31 .337 .629 1959 SF:N
1960 SF:N 28 281 84 15 4 12 29 37 .299 .509 314 106 14 8 17 32 33 .338 .596 1960 SF:N
1961 SF:N 29 275 80 17 0 21 40 31 .291 .582 297 96 15 3 19 41 48 .323 .586 1961 SF:N
1962 SF:N 30 309 102 21 2 28 42 40 .330 .683 312 87 15 3 21 36 46 .279 .548 1962 SF:N
1963 SF:N 31 286 92 20 3 20 36 33 .322 .622 310 95 12 4 18 30 50 .306 .545 1963 SF:N
1964 SF:N 32 270 85 11 3 25 43 28 .315 .656 308 86 10 6 22 39 44 .279 .565 1964 SF:N
1965 SF:N 33 272 87 13 1 24 37 29 .320 .640 286 90 8 2 28 39 42 .315 .650 1965 SF:N
1966 SF:N 34 251 73 15 2 16 27 38 .291 .558 301 86 14 2 21 43 43 .286 .555 1966 SF:N
1967 SF:N 35 233 60 9 1 13 25 41 .258 .472 253 68 13 1 9 26 51 .269 .435 1967 SF:N
1968 SF:N 36 244 72 13 0 12 29 40 .295 .496 254 72 7 5 11 38 41 .283 .480 1968 SF:N
1969 SF:N 37 176 48 7 0 7 23 30 .273 .432 227 66 10 3 6 26 41 .291 .441 1969 SF:N
1970 SF:N 38 218 61 7 0 15 41 37 .280 .518 260 78 8 2 13 38 53 .300 .496 1970 SF:N
1971 SF:N 39 193 55 12 3 9 57 50 .285 .518 224 58 12 2 9 55 73 .259 .451 1971 SF:N
1972 SF:N 40 23 5 0 0 0 9 1 .217 .217 26 4 2 0 0 8 4 .154 .231 1972 SF:N
1972 NY:N 40 90 25 2 1 3 24 23 .278 .422 105 27 7 0 5 19 20 .257 .467 1972 NY:N
1973 NY:N 41 117 23 1 0 4 14 26 .197 .308 92 21 9 0 2 13 21 .228 .391 1973 NY:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1951 NY:N 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1951 NY:N
1952 NY:N 20 30 6 0 1 1 4 3 .200 .367 97 24 2 3 3 12 13 .247 .423 1952 NY:N
1954 NY:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1954 NY:N
1955 NY:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 NY:N
1956 NY:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956 NY:N
1957 NY:N 25 121 41 10 5 11 24 13 .339 .777 464 154 16 15 24 53 49 .332 .586 1957 NY:N
1958 SF:N 26 129 45 7 6 8 25 9 .349 .682 471 163 26 5 21 53 48 .346 .556 1958 SF:N
1959 SF:N 27 111 37 14 1 9 22 11 .333 .721 464 143 29 4 25 44 47 .308 .550 1959 SF:N
1960 SF:N 28 192 68 7 4 13 18 18 .354 .635 403 122 22 8 16 43 52 .303 .516 1960 SF:N
1961 SF:N 29 165 48 8 2 10 27 21 .291 .545 407 128 24 1 30 54 58 .314 .600 1961 SF:N
1962 SF:N 30 178 61 13 0 17 24 17 .343 .702 443 128 23 5 32 54 69 .289 .580 1962 SF:N
1963 SF:N 31 182 52 10 0 12 25 25 .286 .538 414 135 22 7 26 41 58 .326 .601 1963 SF:N
1964 SF:N 32 153 57 6 5 17 30 16 .373 .810 425 114 15 4 30 52 56 .268 .534 1964 SF:N
1965 SF:N 33 152 47 3 1 12 25 23 .309 .579 406 130 18 2 40 51 48 .320 .670 1965 SF:N
1966 SF:N 34 130 36 6 0 12 33 25 .277 .600 422 123 23 4 25 37 56 .291 .543 1966 SF:N
1967 SF:N 35 115 34 5 1 9 22 20 .296 .591 371 94 17 1 13 29 72 .253 .410 1967 SF:N
1968 SF:N 36 143 37 2 2 10 30 27 .259 .510 355 107 18 3 13 37 54 .301 .479 1968 SF:N
1969 SF:N 37 87 23 4 0 2 10 15 .264 .379 316 91 13 3 11 39 56 .288 .453 1969 SF:N
1970 SF:N 38 106 29 7 0 4 24 19 .274 .453 372 110 8 2 24 55 71 .296 .522 1970 SF:N
1971 SF:N 39 122 38 7 3 9 38 29 .311 .639 295 75 17 2 9 74 94 .254 .417 1971 SF:N
1972 SF:N 40 10 2 0 0 0 5 1 .200 .200 39 7 2 0 0 12 4 .179 .231 1972 SF:N
1972 NY:N 40 99 20 5 0 2 21 27 .202 .313 96 32 4 1 6 22 16 .333 .583 1972 NY:N
1973 NY:N 41 108 19 3 0 5 22 25 .176 .343 101 25 7 0 1 5 22 .248 .347 1973 NY:N
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1964 SF:N 32 1.000 .990 1 1 7.0 6 1 0 0 1
1968 SF:N 36 1.000 .992 1 1 9.0 9 0 0 0 1
1969 SF:N 37 1.000 .992 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1
1970 SF:N 38 1.000 .992 5 4 35.0 34 3 0 0 3
1971 SF:N 39 .974 .992 48 39 371.7 383 28 11 1 43
1972 NY:N 40 .987 .992 10 9 84.0 74 1 1 0 3
1973 NY:N 41 .978 .992 17 14 121.3 131 1 3 0 9
FIELDING STATS - THIRD BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1964 SF:N 32 1.000 .941 1 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1963 SF:N 31 .000 .961 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SF:N 32 .000 .963 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1965 SF:N 33 1.000 .975 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 0
1966 SF:N 34 1.000 .974 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1951 NY:N 19 .976 .981 121 - - 353 12 9 - 2
1954 NY:N 22 .985 .975 151 - - 448 13 7 - 9
1955 NY:N 23 .982 .977 152 - - 407 23 8 - 8
1958 SF:N 26 .980 .980 151 150 1352.0 429 15 9 1 2
1959 SF:N 27 .986 .977 147 143 1281.3 351 6 5 0 2
1960 SF:N 28 .980 .978 152 152 1348.0 391 11 8 2 2
1961 SF:N 29 .980 .977 153 151 1335.0 385 7 8 3 3
1962 SF:N 30 .991 .974 161 158 1393.7 425 6 4 0 1
1963 SF:N 31 .981 .977 157 155 1387.0 398 8 8 2 1
1964 SF:N 32 .984 .973 155 151 1346.3 364 9 6 1 4
1965 SF:N 33 .985 .975 147 143 1242.0 323 10 5 0 4
1966 SF:N 34 .981 .974 144 141 1247.0 358 8 7 2 2
1967 SF:N 35 .976 .976 134 123 1075.3 278 3 7 0 0
1968 SF:N 36 .978 .975 141 128 1134.7 302 7 7 0 2
1969 SF:N 37 .976 .973 106 94 853.0 202 4 5 2 0
1970 SF:N 38 .975 .976 128 117 1040.0 272 6 7 1 3
1971 SF:N 39 .970 .979 84 77 654.3 193 3 6 0 1
1972 SF:N 40 1.000 .978 14 13 113.3 30 0 0 0 0
1972 NY:N 40 .973 .978 50 44 381.7 107 3 3 0 1
1973 NY:N 41 .990 .977 45 41 338.7 103 1 1 0 0
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1965 SF:N 33 .875 .975 4 3 24.3 5 2 1 0 0
1966 SF:N 34 1.000 .974 5 5 38.0 9 0 0 0 0
1968 SF:N 36 1.000 .975 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 0
1969 SF:N 37 1.000 .973 2 2 14.0 5 0 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1952 NY:N 20 .991 .981 34 - - 109 6 1 - 2
1956 NY:N 24 .979 .977 152 - - 415 14 9 - 6
1957 NY:N 25 .980 .980 150 - - 422 14 9 - 5
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 543 240 55 1,329 2,061 78 660 3,099 1,673
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Mays - Historical Batting Stastistics
Willie Mays - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Willie Mays - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Third Base
Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
Willie Mays - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Willie Mays - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching