Willie Mays

Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama) is a former star of Major League Baseball. Mays, nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, played center field throughout nearly all his career and is regarded as one of the finest players ever to have played the game and is often mentioned as the greatest player currently alive. The epitome of the five-tool player, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, in 1979.

See also

• Batters with 4 home runs in one game
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• MLB players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star break