The baseball world lost one of its greats on Tuesday afternoon.
“My father has passed away peacefully and among loved ones," Mays's son, Michael Mays, said in a statement. "I want to thank you all from the bottom of my broken heart for the unwavering love you have shown him over the years. You have been his life’s blood.”
Nicknamed the "Say Hey Kid," Mays played for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League as a teenager until he signed with the New York Giants in 1951.—Mays batted .301/.384/.557 with 660 home runs and 1,909 RBIs. He ranks sixth on the all-time home run leaderboard behind his godson Barry Bonds , Hank Aaron , Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez .
Mays was a 24-time All-Star—the second-most in MLB history—as well as a 12-time Gold Glove outfielder, the 1951 Rookie of the Year and two-time NL MVP, winning in 1954 and '65.in four games to win the World Series. He also made perhaps the most famous catch in baseball history in Game 1 of that series, robbing Vic Wertz of an extra-base hit with an over-the-shoulder catch in deep center field.will square off Thursday in a game played at Rickwood Field, a park in Birmingham, Ala.
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