Willie Mays

13, the third most a pitcher gave up to Mays. He hit more HRs off of Warren Spahn (18) and Vernon Law (15).

Mays, who was elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1979, is alive and well, and celebrated his 86th birthday on May 6, 2017.

As of May 6, 2017, Mays is fifth on the all-time home run list with 660. He had a lifetime batting average of .302 and is one of 29 players to have 3,000 career hits.

Mays was arguably the greatest ballplayer of his generation. As an all-around ballplayer, he was superior to Mantle or Williams. He did everything well. Like Joe DiMaggio before him, Mays was an excellent fielder, a superb base runner, a great power hitter and one who retired with a lifetime batting average above .300. There have not been that many major league players who have excelled both defensively and offensively. Mays could do it all.

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Willie Mays is alive and well, and celebrated his 86th birthday on May 6, 2017.

Willie Mays played 22 seasons between 1951-1973 for the Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972) and Mets (1972-1973). Mays was drafted into the US Army in 1952 and missed most of that season and all of the 1953 season.

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None today as Willie Mays has been retired since 1973. When Mays did play in the Major Leagues, Willie played for the New York Giants from 1951 thru 1957, moved with the team to San Francisco and played for the Giants from 1958 thru part of 1972 and then was traded to the New York Mets on May 11, 1972 and played with the Mets in 1973 as well. Mays also played for the "Birmingham Black Barons" of the Negro Leagues in 1948-9 prior to having his contract bought by the Giants in 1950 after he graduated high school.

You can write him at the following address:

c/o The San Francisco Giants

AT&T Park

24 Willie Mays Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94107

jacke robison is the best in baseball ever for so many things.

First of all, let's make certain we restrict the discussion to ONE THING ONLY: who was a better BASEBALL PLAYER. Robinson is clearly a far more admirable person, and had a greater positive impact on baseball -- indeed, on American society in general. But that wasn't the question asked.

For a total MLB career, there can be no doubt but that Ruth was better. Robinson played for a total of ten seasons. Ruth played more seasons than that just for the New York Yankees -- and it would no problem to find ten such seasons in which Ruth was better than Robinson in just about every statistical category.

Let's start with lifetime career AVERAGES (in all of the following, Ruth's stats are listed first, Robinson second).

BA: .342, .311 (in other words, Robinson's BEST year was only as good as Ruth's CAREER average)

On-base percentage: .474, .409 (ditto, except that the latter's best seasonal average wasn't even AS GOOD AS Ruth's career)

Slugging average: .690, .474 (ditto, and this to add: Robinson's BEST year was 150 points less than Ruth's CAREER)

OPS: 1.164, .883 (ditto)

It's true that Ruth played more years than Robinson. So, to be fair, we'll only add up stats from his first twelve years with the Yankees. That means we won't use 1919, the year Ruth set the record for most home runs in a season; or 1932 (and onward), the year he hit 41 homers.

At bats (remember that Robinson often batted lead-off): 5936, 4877

Runs: 1664, 947 (Ruth bested Robinson's BEST year in nine seasons)

Hits: 2119, 1518 (Robinson had more than 185 hits in a season only once; Ruth did it six times)

2Bs: 373, 273

3Bs: 94, 54 (yes, Ruth had far more triples than Robinson)

HRs: I'll skip this stat

RBIs: 1647, 734 (Ruth bested Robinson's best year in ten seasons)

Stolen bases: 84, 197 (about the only stat for which Robinson out-did Ruth)

Walks: 1276, 740 (Ruth bested Robinson's best year in thirteen seasons)

As Much as you can sell it for

Willie Mays's birth name is Mays, Willie Howard.

Mays, who celebrated his 86th birthday on May 6, 2017, has a lifetime contract with the San Francisco Giants and serves as a special assistant to the team president. He also runs the Willie Mays Foundation -- which caters to needy children -- and makes speaking engagements throughout the country.

A Willie Mays single signed baseball cap is worth about $200.-$300.

Value is based on average prices of recently closed auctions. Prices may vary based on condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the signature. Signatures that have not been properly authenticated could sell at half the market value or less. The team, and the quality of the hat will also be a factor in value, as well as how well the signature stands out in contrast to the cap, and if the signature appears on the top or underside of the visor. In a recent auction (Feb. 2008) a Willie Mays signed New York Giants baseball cap sold for $262.90

Yes. The onetime "Say-Hey Kid" celebrated his 86th birthday on May 6, 2017, and he frequently is seen at San Francisco Giants home games at AT&T Park. He is considered by many to be the greatest living major league player.

One, for the New York Giants in 1954 against the Cleveland Indians. Mays played for losing teams in three other World Series, 1951 for the New York Giants against the New York Yankees, 1962 for the San Francisco Giants against the New York Yankees, and 1973 for the New York Mets against the Oakland Athletics.

The Rawlings Mickey Mantle "Triple Crown Winner" MM9 pro design, Youth size glove is worth about $35.-$50. in excellent- near/mint condition. A glove in mint condition could sell for more.

Condition is important. Common flaws with baseball gloves are: loose or broken lacing/webbing, dry or cracking leather, ripped manufacturer label on back, worn printing on glove, and owners name hand written on it. any of these flaws will lower the value on the glove. See Releated Links below, for picture, and more information.

As a rookie, Mays' yearly salary was $7500. When he retired, he was earning $165,000 (that's per year, not per at-bat).

When salaries are determined by free enterprise, and not by people with a vested interested in low salaries, they tend to be higher.

He has an adopted son named Michael.

Mays was married to second wife, Mae Louise Allen from November 1971 until her death on April 19, 2013. She died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

he lives in Atherton, California, which is most likely very near San Fransico