His first major league hit was a home run off me--and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out." --By Warren Spahn (ed. note: Mays was 0-for ...

The first, Jackie Robinson ... me to love baseball and for loving me enough to stay for that moment. Willie Mays hit a home run over the left-field fence to end it. We saw 21 innings of baseball ...

302 batting average, 3,283 hits, 660 home runs, 1,903 runs batted in, and 338 stolen bases. One of the greatest all-around players the sport has ever seen, Mays was inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...

He hit his first home run against fellow Hall of Famer ... “They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.” Among his All-Star records were most runs (20), hits (23), extra-base hits ...

After Ted Williams passed away, someone asked me if Willie Mays was the ... When a ball was hit into the gap, you knew Mays would score from first base. Regardless of the relay, he had his mind ...

With 10 Gold Gloves, Andruw Jones was an elite defender in center field and hit over 400 home runs, but his career declined rapidly after age 30.