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Willie Mays

Willie Mays

1948–1973  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 170 lb  ·  b. 1931 Westfield, AL

Career 3,005 G · 3,293 H · 660 HR · 1,909 RBI · .301 AVG

Seasons leading his league
35
23 best in baseball 12 league only
151 Top-5 finishes
13 Title seasons
14 Categories led
1955 Best season

Spanning 1954–1971, peaking at 6 titles in 1955.

Clubs 500 Home Run Club 600 Home Run Club 3,000 Hit Club 50 Home Run Seasons ×2 30-30 Seasons ×2 200 Hit Seasons
Team records #1 Giants career HR #1 Giants career H #1 Giants career R #2 Giants career RBI #2 Giants career OPS #2 Giants 1965 HR #3 Giants career SB #3 Giants 1962 RBI #9 Giants 1954 OPS
Led in Stolen Bases for 4 straight seasons (1956–1959) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 42nd League titles 35
  • 27th Best in baseball 23
  • 15th Top-5 finishes 151

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Slugging Percentage 5 1st 2 yrs (1954–1955) 1954 .667 1955 .659 1964 .607 1965 .645 1957 NL .626 1958 #2 1962 #3 1963 #2
On-Base Plus Slug. 5 1st 2 yrs (1954–1955) 1955 1.059 1965 1.043 1954 NL 1.078 1958 NL 1.002 1964 NL .990 1957 #2 1960 #3 1961 #2 1962 #3 1963 #2
Stolen Bases 4 1st 4 yrs (1956–1959) 1956 40 1957 38 1958 31 1959 NL 27 1955 #2
Home Runs 4 1st 2 yrs (1964–1965) 1955 51 1962 49 1965 52 1964 NL 47 1954 #3 1961 #2 1963 #3 1966 #3
Total Bases 3 1st — 1955 382 1962 382 1965 360 1954 #2 1956 #3 1957 #2 1958 #2 1960 #3 1961 #3 1963 #2 1964 #2
Triples 3 1st 2 yrs (1954–1955) 1955 13 1957 20 1954 NL 13 1958 #2 1960 #2
Outfield Range Factor 2 1st — 1966 2.52 1962 NL 2.70 1951 #2 1954 #2 1955 #3 1956 #2 1957 #3 1958 #3 1959 #3 1960 #2 1961 #3 1963 #2 1964 #3 1965 #3
On-Base Percentage 2 1st — 1965 .398 1971 NL .425 1957 #2 1958 #3 1963 #3
Runs 2 1st — 1958 NL 121 1961 NL 129 1954 #3 1955 #2 1957 #3 1959 #2 1960 #3 1962 #2 1963 #2 1964 #2 1965 #2
Outfield Assists 1 1st — 1955 23 1957 #2
Outfield Putouts 1 1st — 1962 429 1954 #2 1955 #2 1956 #2 1957 #2 1958 #2 1960 #2 1961 #2 1963 #2 1964 #3 1966 #2
Walks 1 1st — 1971 NL 112 1961 #3 1964 #3
Hits 1 1st — 1960 190 1954 #3 1958 #2
Batting Average 1 1st — 1954 .345 1955 #2 1957 #2 1958 #2 1960 #3 1965 #3
Outfield Fielding Percentage — #3 — 1962 #3
Doubles — #2 — 1959 #3 1961 #3 1962 #2
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1955 #2 1961 #3 1962 #2 1964 #3 1965 #3

Title Seasons

13 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1971 2 OBP .425 BB 112
1966 1 OF RF 2.52
1965 5 HR 52 OPS 1.043 OBP .398 SLG .645 TB 360
1964 3 HR 47 OPS .990 SLG .607
1962 4 HR 49 TB 382 OF PO 429 OF RF 2.70
1961 1 R 129
1960 1 H 190
1959 1 SB 27
1958 3 R 121 SB 31 OPS 1.002
1957 3 SB 38 SLG .626 3B 20
1956 1 SB 40
1955 6 HR 51 OPS 1.059 SLG .659 3B 13 TB 382 OF A 23
1954 4 AVG .345 OPS 1.078 SLG .667 3B 13

Batting

  led the league   23 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 BBB NAL 13 43 6 10 2 1 0 6 4 0 1 .233 .313 .326 .638
1951 NY1 NL 121 464 59 127 22 5 20 68 57 60 7 .274 .356 .472 .828
1952 NY1 NL 34 127 17 30 2 4 4 23 16 17 4 .236 .326 .409 .736
1954 NY1 NL 151 565 119 195 33 13 41 110 66 57 8 .345 .411 .667 1.078
1955 NY1 NL 152 580 123 185 18 13 51 127 79 60 24 .319 .400 .659 1.059
1956 NY1 NL 152 578 101 171 27 8 36 84 68 65 40 .296 .369 .557 .926
1957 NY1 NL 152 585 112 195 26 20 35 97 76 62 38 .333 .407 .626 1.033
1958 SFN NL 152 600 121 208 33 11 29 96 78 56 31 .347 .419 .583 1.002
1959 SFN NL 151 575 125 180 43 5 34 104 65 58 27 .313 .381 .583 .964
1960 SFN NL 153 595 107 190 29 12 29 103 61 70 25 .319 .381 .555 .936
1961 SFN NL 154 572 129 176 32 3 40 123 81 77 18 .308 .393 .584 .977
1962 SFN NL 162 621 130 189 36 5 49 141 78 85 18 .304 .384 .615 .999
1963 SFN NL 157 596 115 187 32 7 38 103 66 83 8 .314 .380 .582 .962
1964 SFN NL 157 578 121 171 21 9 47 111 82 72 19 .296 .383 .607 .990
1965 SFN NL 157 558 118 177 21 3 52 112 76 71 9 .317 .398 .645 1.043
1966 SFN NL 152 552 99 159 29 4 37 103 70 81 5 .288 .368 .556 .924
1967 SFN NL 141 486 83 128 22 2 22 70 51 92 6 .263 .334 .453 .787
1968 SFN NL 148 498 84 144 20 5 23 79 67 81 12 .289 .372 .488 .860
1969 SFN NL 117 403 64 114 17 3 13 58 49 71 6 .283 .362 .437 .798
1970 SFN NL 139 478 94 139 15 2 28 83 79 90 5 .291 .390 .506 .897
1971 SFN NL 136 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 112 123 23 .271 .425 .482 .907
1972 NYN +1 NL 88 244 35 61 11 1 8 22 60 48 4 .250 .400 .402 .802
1973 NYN NL 66 209 24 44 10 0 6 25 27 47 1 .211 .303 .344 .647
Career — — 3,005 10,924 2,068 3,293 525 141 660 1,909 1,468 1,526 339 .301 .384 .557 .940

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1948 BBB NAL OF 12 12 98.2 17 1 2 0 20 .900 1.50
1951 NY1 NL OF 121 — — 353 12 9 2 374 .976 3.02
1952 NY1 NL OF 34 — — 109 6 1 2 116 .991 3.38
1954 NY1 NL OF 151 151 1346.1 448 13 7 9 468 .985 3.05
1955 NY1 NL OF 152 152 1361.1 407 23 8 8 438 .982 2.83
1956 NY1 NL OF 152 150 1343.0 415 14 9 6 438 .979 2.82
1957 NY1 NL OF 150 149 1353.2 422 14 9 5 445 .980 2.91
1958 SFN NL OF 151 150 1352.0 429 17 9 2 455 .980 2.95
1959 SFN NL OF 147 143 1281.1 353 6 6 2 365 .984 2.44
1960 SFN NL OF 152 152 1348.0 392 12 8 2 412 .981 2.66
1961 SFN NL OF 153 151 1335.0 385 7 8 3 400 .980 2.56
1962 SFN NL OF 161 159 1393.2 429 6 4 1 439 .991 2.70
1963 SFN NL OF 157 155 1387.0 397 7 8 1 412 .981 2.57
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1964 SFN NL OF 155 151 1346.1 370 10 6 4 386 .984 2.45
1B 1 0 7.0 6 1 0 1 7 1.000 7.00
3B 1 0 5.2 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1965 SFN NL OF 151 148 1275.1 337 13 6 4 356 .983 2.32
1966 SFN NL OF 150 147 1286.0 370 8 7 2 385 .982 2.52
1967 SFN NL OF 134 123 1075.1 277 3 7 0 287 .976 2.09
1968 SFN NL OF 142 129 1143.2 301 7 7 2 315 .978 2.17
1B 1 1 9.0 9 0 0 1 9 1.000 9.00
1969 SFN NL OF 108 96 867.0 199 4 5 0 208 .976 1.88
1B 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 1 6 1.000 6.00
1970 SFN NL OF 129 117 1040.0 269 6 7 3 282 .975 2.13
1B 5 4 35.0 34 3 0 3 37 1.000 7.40
1971 SFN NL OF 84 77 654.0 192 2 6 1 200 .970 2.31
1B 48 39 372.0 384 27 11 43 422 .974 8.56
1972 NYN NL OF 63 57 495.0 138 3 3 1 144 .979 2.24
1B 11 9 84.0 75 2 1 3 78 .987 7.00
1973 NYN NL OF 45 41 338.2 103 2 1 0 106 .991 2.33
1B 17 14 121.1 143 4 3 9 150 .980 8.65
Career — — OF 2,854 2,610 23121.1 7,112 196 143 60 7,451 .981 2.56
— — 1B 84 68 637.1 657 37 15 61 709 .979 8.26
— — SS 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
— — 3B 1 0 5.2 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00