I'm 68 years old Willie Mays has always been my #1 in baseball and now 1 yr and 4 days after his 91st birthday I'm still grinning.

Happy 91st birthday to THE GOAT, Willie Mays. Everyone else can fight for #2 but there is no doubt that Willie is the king.

I AM A 67 YR. OLD WHITE MAN HE IS MY Hero forever -my favorite # is 24 - I carried his love and never Hated anyone -just like Him. I am an authority on Mays - every book, -everything since he was 8 yrs old - all the great, and good, and Bad. And I will cry when he dies, just because , he earned that from me.

Mays has always been my favorite player since I was a small kid. I wish I could have watched him play.

Rest in Peace Willie Mays. One of the greatest baseball players ever. You’ll never be forgotten! ❤

My Baseball Hero Mr. Mays... Grew up in Brooklyn, NY as a kid of the '60s and '70s and would mimic his basket catches... LOL!!! followed him even as a die-hard NY Yankees fan... My All-time MLB Outfielders Aaron, Mays, Clemente👊🤛

Watching Willie play in person was pure joy.

90 YEARS IS INCREDIBLE! 90 down, a lifetime remaining. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIE MAYS.

Happy birthday to the Say Hey Kid, love to Willie Mays!

22 extra inning home runs, at least one home run from inning 1 to inning 16. 2 MVP’s 10 years apart. 2 -50 home run seasons 11 years apart. 3 triples in one game. 4 home runs in one game. To me he is the greatest!

Willie May's is the best

Willie Mays is Barry Bonds' godfather. We lost Hank but who many consider the 2nd greatest baseball player of all-time is still alive at age 90. Happy birthday, Willie Mays. Great name for a legendary athlete like Kobe or Trey Lance.

HBD Willie Mays... The 🐐, no question

To be fair, Aaron also served in military that split up his playing years too. Willie's putout total is truly jaw dropping. My favorite part of Willie's game was watching him defensively in centerfield. Lucky to have grown up in the Bay Area from 1958-68. Priceless memories. Thank you Willie.

Happy birthday to the say hey kid Willie mays 90 years young

In 1971 I went to see the Giants play the Mets at Shea Stadium in New York. It was a nothing game at the end of the season. Neither team was in contention but the ballpark was packed. The Giants were taking batting practice. All of a sudden, one of the Giant's players stepped out of the dugout and waved his cap to the fans. The hometown crowd gave a standing ovation to the greatest player of his generation, Willie Mays.

Not arguably...he is the greatest ball player.

Greeny is class personified. This is an great video appreciating greatness.

Willie Mays...the All Time Greatest Baseball Name Ever !!! Maybe Babe Ruth comes a close 2nd. Ted Williams said the All Star Game was an event 'specially created for Willie Mays'. Leo Durocher said Willie could do it all: hit for average and for power, field, run, throw, etc. and then he added: "if he knew how to cook I'd marry him !!!"

Just thinking about baseball makes me miss the times I would play it as a kid. Or go to the batting cages on a hot summer day. Sip on some lemonade after. Baseball remains my first love. Fun to play. Relaxing to watch in person.

Just based off GREENYS stats given, I would honestly say he is the greatest player of all time considering everything he had to deal with on and off the field.

Nothing beats being at Santa Anita in Arcadia, California on a beautiful day with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. It's so relaxing. Both baseball and horse racing can be so relaxing because they're done outdoors.

"Say hey Willie won't you hit one out here" Mays is the best all around player to ever play the game hands down!!!

My kids know who Willie Mays is and what he did because they heard me talk about him so many times. Even my grand kids have heard of Willie Mays!

Happy belated 92nd birthday to Willie!

I'm 75 years-old and Willie Mays in baseball, and Jim Brown in football are the two greatest players I've ever seen. Stats are very telling, but you had to see these two guys in real life to get any idea of how great they really were! Willie not only played center field, but covered part of LF and RF. LOL!!

Baseball, boxing, and horse racing were the three most popular sports in the United States like 60-80 years ago. From the 1930s to 1950s, horse racing was it. Now it's all about the NFL and then NBA globally.

My 8yo son knows all of the old guys. Gibson, Ruth, Foxx, Cobb, Rose, Schmidt and Aaron are his favorites. But Mays is his #1. His #1 item on his list to Santa is a Willie Mays signed baseball.

Willie May's is the Goat!

Willie will actually turn 91 tomorrow but I just couldn’t contain myself.

How did at the moment, two people dislike this video?

I remember Mays and say him first back in 1967 at the stick when I was 8 and on a number of occasions after that before being traded to the Mets. Of course, he was past his prime, but still capable in the late 60's. What I remember most is waiting for autographs after the game near the players parking lot and Mays, who'd never stick around to sign, would jump in his Pink Cadillac and zip past. Of course at that time he was the star of stars in sports. So I just asked my youngest daughter, soon to be 19, if she knows of Mays. Though she's not a big baseball fan, she knows who Mays is. I'm going to take credit for passing that down, so I've got that going for my legacy.

Mays is my favorite MLB player - the GOAT!

greatest ever

My all-time All-Star outfield would be WILLIE MAYS ROBERTO CLEMENTE and RICKEY HENDERSON

Willie Mays CLASS ACT N GREAT BALL PLAYER!!! 😊

2007 All Star Game Willie Mays was honored by him throwing the ceremonial first pitch (from center field). TV (Fox) went to a commercial and we all missed it….a terrible insult I will never forget. You can watch on youtube now if you like. Not the same though. He was the Greatest Of All Time!

People say but Babe Ruth pitched! Mays never tried to pitch and with his cannon of an arm, Mays would destroy hitters in the Dead Ball Era of baseball.

Henry Aaron once spoke of the comparison between himself & Willie. (consolidating & summarizing ) . "we both could do anything on the field & at bat at the highest level." The difference was if you saw me you could expect me to do it. If you saw Willie you may see him do something you never saw before or would see again. That was the carbonation & crackle of Willie Mays

Watch old movies and actors spoke very fast with a Transatlantic accent. There was usually a horse racing reference. Like in I Love Lucy, there was a Whirlaway reference and Johnny Longden was in an episode.

It is a great comparison for greatest of all-time, between Ruth and Mays. Ruth was an incredible pitcher, with over 100 wins, and and ERA just over 2 for his career When Ruth was hitting 60 HRs, no one else was hitting 25. Barry Bonds is probably #3. (Knocking him down for PED use)

People will debate this till the end of time. Never saw Micky Mantle, never saw Babe Ruth. But I did see willy mays along with a bunch of other hall of famers in the 60,s and I can honestly say he's the greatest player I ever saw and it wasn't even close. I thought baseball was a boring game until I saw what he could do on the field. He transcended the game itself.

Sick starts. Absolutely love this.

Huge Mays fan. Greatest ever. Hands down. First true 5-tool player. Ruth, Cobb, Hornsby, Speaker, Wagner... none of these guys played against a person of color... so to call any of those guys the greatest not possible without a fair playing field. Mays all the way. And, a GREAT man to boot... at a difficult time in history to be a black athlete.

Ruth is by far the best and way beyond a shadow of a doubt the most important baseball player if not the most important American athlete in US history. Had he kept pitching barring injury he would have won well over 300 games, that's what separates him from the pack.

Amazing stats.

Willie Mays hit 3rd. Home run hitting Willie McCovey hit 4th. With all those stolen bases, Mays rejected stealing 2nd many times to keep the pitcher from walking McCovey.

Rest In Peace Willie Mays

In one of my FB groups there was a poll for the best players since 1948. I commented Willie Mays was the best player since 1848

Case closed! Also never a bad word said about him. He played clean and pure with raw talent!

According to Ted Williams, Willie Mays had the greatest throwing arm Ted had ever seen.

He also played 12 years at Candelstick park. One of if not the hardest parks to hit in period much less hit home runs. They figure Mays lost atleast 15 hr’s a year by playing there. So not only is he the greatest “all around “ player but all things being equal he would have also been the HR king. Its not even a close second to Willie Mays in baseball history. The obvious greatest.

I’ve been preaching this for years. Imagine how many home runs he lost in the wind at Candlestick.

I feel like the dislike 👎🏾 button should be disabled Willie Mays is the greatest of all time

Mays played a lot of his career at Candlestick Park, where the wind from the bay knocked down a lot of home runs by right handed hitters. Tag on another 40-50 home runs if he played in another ballpark. As far as speed and power, Mays had the greatest career, but before he tore up his knee, Mickey Mantle was as fast as Mays, had more power and was a switch hitter. But if you look at all ot the markers for a position player: Speed, catch, throw, baserunning, power, batting average...Mays did it better for longer than anyone.

Happy birthday Willie. Glad to see a BM celebrated when he is "ALIVE STILL"

Mays the best

Those are great stats. Mays has always been my favorite player but I only knew one of those. He truly is the greatest of all time and it does not seem to be close. It always irked me that Joe Dimaggio was referred to as the greatest living player up until his death. As great as Joe was he was no Willie Mays Another thing I would like to point out in regards to home runs is that Henry Aaron always played in ballparks that were friendly to hitters and it was the opposite for Willie. On top of everything else he may have been the greatest home run hitter of all time.

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THEE GOAT

GOAT!

I might also get back into horse racing 🏇 as it's also a very relaxing sport. It's a year-round sport and 5 days a week. But I really only watch the Triple Crown races these days. I don't care about the Breeders' Cup like before.

Totally agree

Best all-around player--run, throw, hit, field, play various positions, and think. Aaron was a better hitter, not just for HRs but also for average, though Milwaukee County and Atlanta stadiums may have been friendlier to batters. Don't kid yourselves; Aaron was a good fielder and baserunner. He could do it "all," too, but he wasn't as spectacular as Mays and didn't have the arm. In Mays' two seasons after the army, he hit 92 HRs, so we can assume that he would have hit at least 80 over '52-53. I saw Mays and Aaron homer in the same game in the late 60s. The two flights of the ball were so typical of each: Mays' HR was a high fly that was almost blown back into play by that horrible wind at Candlestick, but it managed to drop dramatically over the left field fence, almost as if Mays, ever the showman, planned it that way. Aaron's was a long line drive that just kept going. It was like a golf ball off the tee, but in Aaron fashion, he hit the top of the ball a bit so that it bent back down after speeding over the left field fence. Aaron hit .355 one season, whereas Mays' highest hitting pct. was .347. But Aaron never hit 50 or more HRs in a season, and Mays did it twice. Mays, Aaron, and Clemente--now that's an outfield to dream of.

Willie Mays is the only player in MLB history with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 average, 300 home runs, and 300 stolen bases.

GOAT

Mays played center field for 22 seasons so of course he would have a lot of putouts...Clemente leads all right fielders with 4,400...with the much better arm. What was Mays' all time batting average in world series games? How many homers and rbis did he have in the world series? Great players come up big in big games do they not? Willie Mays had a batting average of . 230 with 17 hits, 6 RBIs and 10 runs scored 0 home runs 2 stolen bases in 21 games in the World Series in his career. No question that like Arod, he was a great regular season player. In world series play, not so much. I saw him play at old Forbes Field and he loved facing some of those underachieving Pirate pitchers.

Willie vs. Babe is my consideration. Willie big edge on defense, of course. But Babe winning all 3 World Series games he started and only allowing 3 runs in 32 innings (including a 14 inning stint in his first) makes me favor Bambino. Could have had a HOF career as an outfielder or pitcher.

Interesting tidbit: Willie is the only player in MLB history to hit a home run in innings 1-16.

Willie Mays did not received 100% induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. My question to the Baseball Writers' Association of America members who voted no, "On what planet is Willie Mays not good enough to be in the Hall of Fame? Really?"

Ted Williams. What's the best ball player? He served in both the second World War and the Korean war and the last one to hit 400

Greatest hitter? No. Greatest base runner? Maybe. Best fielding outfielder? Yes. All combined? Without a doubt the best player ever. Happy 90th Willie!

Greeny’s the best analyst on ESPN

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Willie Mays was right up there with Ted williams

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How about a little NYR talk with Gorton and JD being fired?

If Ken Griffey Jr. had not had the injuries he had, we might be talking about him as the GOAT instead of Mays.

Yeah

What was his ERA?

I'd argue that Gary Maddox was at least as good a defensive centre fielder as Willie.

So the nba fans like to discredit the bill Russell’s and wilt chamberlains because the league was “watered down” do baseball fans say the same of legends like Willie Mays?

Mount of Rushmore of baseball players willie mays HAS to be on there. Babe Ruth Willie Mays Ted Williams ????

Babe ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time!!!

Green that guy you talk to has know idea what he is talking about!!!!

Nobody better

Hank played in a park" 315 down the line and 400 feet to center. Compare that with the Polo Grounds, the park Willie played in; 480 feet to center - and 379 feet down the lines! Willie had to hit the ball 80 feet farther than Hank. Hank played in a 'hitter's park' with only 315 down the lines and only 400 feet in center. Then, to make matters worse - in 1958, Willie moved to Candlestick park where who knows how many homers were returned by the wind through the left field opening (even closing up the wall did not help much). Finally, Willie missed two years of ball due to military service. He was a much, much better homerun hitter than Hank! Moreover, Hank was not the fielder nor baserunner in the same league with the great Willie Mays. Finally, Willie was the greatest baseball genius of all time; there has never been a smarter ballplayer. Am I biased? Well, there has been a Giant fan in my family lineage for over 100 years! As an eight years old, I almost caught a grand slam ball that he hit (actually, being so small, I did not have a chance - but I thought I did!).

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"Defensive Outfielder"? Sounds like saying "Offensive Quarterback".

NO. Willie was GREAT, but Ruth, Gehrig and Williams were better. Also, a good argument for Mantle, Musial and Di Maggio can be made. If you took the best 12 years of Mantle and compared them to Willie’s best 12 you’d see that Mantle comes out ON TOP.

Ruth never had to play against black players.

Mantle had more speed n power played bigger CF

Richie Ashburn had more putouts than had Willie when both played in the 50's.

Clemente was better!

Played 2yrs too long

mays is overrated. he was good, but not the best player, ever. he also got to hit ahead of one of the best ever hitters.

But does he know Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. That is the question.

Dave McNally has 2 World Series home runs.Willie has nada.