Giants Legend Willie Mays Dead At 93

Willie Mays, one of many best baseball gamers to ever step foot on a baseball diamond, died at 93, Main League Baseball introduced Tuesday night.

Mays had been residing in an assisted residing facility within the Palo Alto, CA space, in keeping with the Giants.

“The Say Hey Child” was 24x MLB All-Star, 12x Gold Glove winner, Rookie of the 12 months, and 2x NL MVP who patrolled the large Polo Grounds heart discipline for the New York Giants earlier than the group relocated to San Francisco within the late-50s.

Mays was with the Giants group between 1951-1952 and 1954-1974 (he served within the U.S. navy and missed most of two seasons) … earlier than becoming a member of the NY Mets to finish his profession.

Willie retired on the finish of the 1973 season … ending with 660 house runs, 3,293 hits, and a .302 batting common.

“We’re heartbroken to be taught of the passing of Corridor of Famer Willie Mays, some of the thrilling all-around gamers within the historical past of our sport. Mays was a two-time MVP, 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Main League Baseball wrote on X.

“In commemoration of ‘The Catch’ as maybe essentially the most well-known play within the historical past of the Fall Basic, the World Sequence MVP Award was named in his honor in 2017.  Mays was 93 years previous.”

After all, “The Catch” — from sport 1 of the 1954 World Sequence — is likely one of the most well-known performs in American sports activities historical past … and completely encapsulated Mays as a participant. There was nothing he could not do. He was the definition of a 5 software participant.

Lengthy after his unmatched taking part in profession, Mays, Barry Bonds‘ godfather, served as some of the distinguished ambassadors of the sport of baseball.

Maybe the SF Giants put it finest, writing … “There’ll by no means be one other fairly like Willie Mays.”