WILLIE MAYS HOF SF GIANTS AUTOGRAPHED JERSEY SAY HEY HOLO

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Hall Of Fame Willie Mays San Francisco Autographed XL Gray jersey button down, with "Say Hey" Holo authentication.
Willie
Mays
turned 91 on May 6, 2022, making him the oldest living Baseball Hall of Famer.
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Willie Howard Mays Jr.
(born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "
the Say Hey Kid
and "
Buck
",
is an American former
professional baseball
center fielder
. He spent almost all of his 22-season
Major League Baseball
(MLB) career playing for the
New York/San Francisco Giants
(1951–1952, 1954–1972) before finishing his career with the
New York Mets
(1972–1973).
Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was elected to the
Baseball Hall of Fame
in
1979
.
Mays joined the
Birmingham Black Barons
of the
Negro American League
in 1948, playing with them until the Giants signed him once he graduated from high school in 1950. He won the
Rookie of the Year Award
in his MLB debut year of 1951, spent two years in the
United States Army
during the
Korean War
, and won the
National League
(NL)
Most Valuable Player
(MVP) Award in 1954 after leading the league in
batting
with a .345
batting average
. His
over-the-shoulder catch
of a
Vic Wertz
fly ball
in Game 1 of the
1954 World Series
is one of the most famous baseball plays of all time. The Giants swept the
Cleveland Indians
, the lone World Series triumph of Mays's career.
Mays led the NL with 51
home runs
(HR) in 1955. In 1956, he
stole
40 bases, leading the NL for the first of four straight years. He won his first of 12
Gold Glove Awards
in 1957, a record for outfielders. The Giants moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, and Mays contended for the batting title until the final day of 1958, hitting a career-high .347. He batted over .300 for the next two seasons, leading the league in
hits
in 1960. After leading the NL with 129
runs scored
in 1961, Mays led the NL in home runs in 1962 as the Giants won the NL pennant and faced the
New York Yankees
in the
World Series
, which the Giants lost in seven games. By 1963, Mays was making over 0,000 a year, setting a record at the time with a 5,000 contract for that season. In 1964, his
manager
Alvin Dark
named him the Giants' captain. He led the NL with 47 home runs that year. He hit 52 the following year, leading the NL and winning his second MVP award. 1966 was the last of 10 seasons in which he had over 100
runs batted in
(RBI). In 1969, he hit the 600th home run of his career; he got his 3,000th hit in 1970. Traded to the Mets in 1972, Mays spent the rest of that season and 1973 with them before retiring. He served as a coach for the Mets until 1979 and later rejoined the Giants as a special assistant to the president and general manager.
Mays finished his career batting .302 with 660 home runs, the sixth-most of all time, and 1,903 runs batted in. He holds MLB records for most
putouts as an outfielder
(7,095) and the most extra-inning home runs (22). Mays was selected for 24
All-Star Games
, tied for the second-most of all time. He was named to the
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
in 1999 and ranked second on
The Sporting News
'
s "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players", behind only
Babe Ruth
. President
Barack Obama
presented him with the
Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 2015.
Center fielder
Born:
May 6, 1931
(age 91)
Westfield, Alabama
Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
Professional debut
NgL:
1948, for the Birmingham Black Barons
MLB:
May 25, 1951, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 9, 1973, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Batting average
.302
Hits
3,283
Home runs
660
Runs batted in
1,903
Stolen bases
338
Teams
Negro leagues
Birmingham Black Barons
(
1948
–
1950
)
Major League Baseball
New York / San Francisco Giants
(
1951
–
1952
,
1954
–
1972
)
New York Mets
(
1972
–
1973
)
Career highlights and awards
24×
All-Star
(
1954
–
1973
)
World Series
champion (
1954
)
2×
NL MVP
(1954, 1965)
NL Rookie of the Year
(1951)
12×
Gold Glove Award
(1957–1968)
Roberto Clemente Award
(1971)
NL batting champion
(1954)
4×
NL home run leader
(1955, 1962, 1964, 1965)
4×
NL stolen base leader
(1956–1959)
Hit
4 home runs in one game
on April 30, 1961
San Francisco Giants No. 24
retired
San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
MLB record 7,095
putouts as an outfielder
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1979
Vote
94.7% (first ballot)