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Historical player · 1948–1973 · ★ Hall of Fame 1979

Willie Mays

B/T R/R · HT 70 · WT 170 · Born 5/6/1931 · From Westfield, AL USA · Debut 1951-05-25 · Final 1973-09-09

Career · batting

3,005

10,924

3,293

660

RBI

1,909

339

1,468

AVG/OPS

0.301 · 0.941

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1951–1972

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646

#1 on the Giants

↓ 60 B. Bonds

Hits

3,187

#1 on the Giants

↓ 311 M. Ott

RBI

1,859

#2 on the Giants

↑ 1 M. Ott

↓ 419 B. Bonds

336

#3 on the Giants

↑ 21 G. Davis

↓ 2 G. Burns

Runs

2,011

#1 on the Giants

↓ 152 M. Ott

1,394

#3 on the Giants

↑ 314 M. Ott

↓ 226 W. McCovey

Career with the New York Mets · 1972–1973

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#138 on the Mets

↑ 1 J. Buchek

↓ 1 E. Valent

Hits

#214 on the Mets

↑ 1 G. Altman

↓ 1 H. Bader

RBI

#208 on the Mets

↑ 1 D. Snider

↓ 1 E. Young

#261 on the Mets

↑ 1 B. Almon

↓ 1 B. Abreu

Runs

#195 on the Mets

↑ 1 L. Harris

↓ 1 K. Chapman

#120 on the Mets

↑ 1 R. Castro

↓ 1 N. Walker

Career with the Birmingham Black Barons · 1948–1948

Hits

#119 on the Barons

↑ 1 C. Beverly

↓ 1 R. Tate

RBI

#100 on the Barons

↑ 1 C. Beverly

↓ 1 J. Warren

#79 on the Barons

↑ 1 H. Barnes

Runs

#110 on the Barons

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 C. Blackmon

#96 on the Barons

↑ 1 J. Zapp

↓ 1 J. Bruton

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

660

#6 all-time MLB

↑ 36 A. Rodriguez

↓ 30 K. Griffey

Hits

3,293

#13 all-time MLB

↑ 22 E. Collins

↓ 38 E. Murray

RBI

1,909

#12 all-time MLB

↑ 8 E. Murray

↓ 28 M. Cabrera

339

#124 all-time MLB

↑ 2 M. Bourn

↓ 1 J. Anderson

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	13	43	6	10	2	1	0	6	1	4	0	0.233	—	0.326
1951	Giants	NL	121	464	59	127	22	5	20	68	7	57	60	0.274	—	0.472
1952	Giants	NL	34	127	17	30	2	4	4	23	4	16	17	0.236	—	0.409
1954	Giants	NL	151	565	119	195	33	13	41	110	8	66	57	0.345	0.411	0.667
1955	Giants	NL	152	580	123	185	18	13	51	127	24	79	60	0.319	0.400	0.659
1956	Giants	NL	152	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	68	65	0.296	0.369	0.557
1957	Giants	NL	152	585	112	195	26	20	35	97	38	76	62	0.333	0.407	0.626
1958	Giants	NL	152	600	121	208	33	11	29	96	31	78	56	0.347	0.419	0.583
1959	Giants	NL	151	575	125	180	43	5	34	104	27	65	58	0.313	0.381	0.583
1960	Giants	NL	153	595	107	190	29	12	29	103	25	61	70	0.319	0.381	0.555
1961	Giants	NL	154	572	129	176	32	3	40	123	18	81	77	0.308	0.393	0.584
1962	Giants	NL	162	621	130	189	36	5	49	141	18	78	85	0.304	0.384	0.615
1963	Giants	NL	157	596	115	187	32	7	38	103	8	66	83	0.314	0.380	0.582
1964	Giants	NL	157	578	121	171	21	9	47	111	19	82	72	0.296	0.383	0.607
1965	Giants	NL	157	558	118	177	21	3	52	112	9	76	71	0.317	0.398	0.645
1966	Giants	NL	152	552	99	159	29	4	37	103	5	70	81	0.288	0.368	0.556
1967	Giants	NL	141	486	83	128	22	2	22	70	6	51	92	0.263	0.334	0.453
1968	Giants	NL	148	498	84	144	20	5	23	79	12	67	81	0.289	0.372	0.488
1969	Giants	NL	117	403	64	114	17	3	13	58	6	49	71	0.283	0.362	0.437
1970	Giants	NL	139	478	94	139	15	2	28	83	5	79	90	0.291	0.390	0.506
1971	Giants	NL	136	417	82	113	24	5	18	61	23	112	123	0.271	0.425	0.482
1972	Giants	NL	19	49	8	9	2	0	0	3	3	17	5	0.184	0.394	0.224
1972	Mets	NL	69	195	27	52	9	1	8	19	1	43	43	0.267	0.402	0.446
1973	Mets	NL	66	209	24	44	10	0	6	25	1	27	47	0.211	0.303	0.344
Career			3,005	10,924	2,068	3,293	525	141	660	1,909	339	1,468	1,526	0.301	0.384	0.557

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,854	2,610	23,121.3	7,112	196	143	60
1B	84	68	637.3	657	37	15	61
SS	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
3B	1	0	5.7	0	1	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1979	BBWAA	409	324	Inducted