When it came to skill sets in baseball, Willie Mays possessed them all ... but after getting only one hit in 25 times at bat, he finally got his first hit and his streak continued just in time ...

Family members of late baseball legend and Birmingham-native Willie Mays are working to preserve his childhood home in Fairfield.

"Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare ... but he was all sinewy muscle with huge hands that gripped the bat like a toothpick.

The San Francisco Giants has announced that Willie Mays, legendary player of the organization ... His greatness with both the ...

Willie Mays started and ended his career in the same ... Durocher continued to put his name into the lineup on a daily basis, confident his bat would catch up to his glove. He knew that Mays ...

I learned a lot from the sound of the ball on the bat. Always did ... us the most,” Cleveland manager Al Lopez said. “... Willie Mays made that great catch on Wertz’s drive, and we were ...

“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro Leagues (1947) before joining the Major League’s New York Giants in 1951. Excepting time in military service ...

In Alabama, we visit the ball field where the late Willie Mays made his professional debut, and look into today’s efforts to increase Black representation in baseball. Then in Illinois ...

Seventy years later it’s still considered the greatest defensive play in World Series history. Running headlong toward the ...

Notable deaths of 2024: Remembering Willie Mays, Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, Shannen Doherty, Richard Simmons and others who have died, so far, this year. Jan. 4, age 100 | British actress ...

Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants’ baseball legend known as the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ died on Tuesday, the team announced. He was 93. Mays, regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ...