Willie Mays

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Willie Mays is a legendary Hall of Fame center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in MLB history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer
Major League Baseball player
baseball player
center fielder
human
AllStarSelectionCount 24
bats right
battingAverage .302
brokeIntoMLBFrom Negro Leagues
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-05-06
familyName Mays
finalMLBGameDate 1973-09-09
finalMLBTeam New York Mets
fullName Willie Howard Mays Jr.
givenName Willie
GoldGloveAwardCount 12
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
HallOfFameInductionYear 1979
HallOfFameVotePercentage 94.68%
HallOfFameVotingMethod BBWAA
hits 3283
homeRuns 660
honor Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
Presidential Medal of Freedom
isConsideredOneOf greatest baseball players of all time
league Major League Baseball
MLBDebutDate 1951-05-25
MLBDebutTeam New York Giants
MVPAward 1954 National League Most Valuable Player
1965 National League Most Valuable Player
nickname The Say Hey Kid
notablePlay 1954 World Series over-the-shoulder catch often called "The Catch"
placeOfBirth Westfield, Alabama, United States
playedFor Birmingham Black Barons
New York Giants
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
positionPlayed center fielder
PresidentialMedalOfFreedomYear 2015
runsBattedIn 1903
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
stolenBases 338
teamNumberRetiredBy San Francisco Giants
throws right
uniformNumber 24
WorldSeriesChampion 1954


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