
Willie retired at the end of the 1973 season … finishing with 660 home runs, 3,293 hits, and a .302 batting average.

Of course, “The Catch” — from game 1 of the 1954 World Series — is one of the most famous plays in American sports history … and perfectly encapsulated Mays as a player. There was nothing he couldn’t do. He was the definition of a 5 tool player.

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Perhaps the SF Giants put it best, writing … “There will never be another quite like Willie Mays.”

