On April 30, 1961, Mays borrowed a bat from teammate Joey Amalfitano and hit four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves.
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Willie Mays scored the most runs before an all star game with a total of 24 runs. Willie Mays played baseball for New York Giants and the New York Mets.
For twenty years, from 1954 until his retirement in 1973, Willie Mays was named to the All-Star team each season. However, in the four years from 1959 to 1962, two All-Star games were played each season; as a result, Willie Mays played in a total of 24 All-Star games, a record he shares with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial. He was in the starting line-up for 18 of those games, always playing center field.
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Willie Mays made "The Catch" off the bat of Cleveland's Vic Wertz in game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
Dennis Bennett was the first to do it
Willie Mays scored the most runs before an all star game with a total of 24 runs. Willie Mays played baseball for New York Giants and the New York Mets.
If you mean four home runs in one MLB game, that was Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants on April 30, 1961 against the Milwaukee Braves.
He was on the winning side many times. But in 1968 at the Houston Astrodome, Willie Mays pretty much won the All-Star Game for the National League all by himself. Mays led off the game in the first inning and singled off pitcher Luis Tiant. An errant pickoff throw by Tiant allowed Mays to reach second. Then a wild pitch sent Mays to third. He scored when Willie McCovey grounded into a double play. That was the only run of the game. The National League won 1-0 and Mays was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
Willie Mays was probably the best all around player ever to play the game. He hit for average, power, and was an excellent base runner. He was a Gold Glove winner many times over on defense. He also had an infectious enthusiasm and love of the game.