Willie Mays died on June 18.
Willie Mays, the iconic baseball legend whose remarkable career spanned 22 seasons, has died, the San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday. He was 93."All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other began," Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Tuesday evening.
"I arrived in New York City on a Friday at 4 o'clock," Mays recalled during his Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1979."Scared to death with three bats in my little briefcase, my glove, I didn't have a uniform, I didn't have a hat." He moved with the team to San Francisco in 1958, led them to a World Series appearance in 1962 — losing to the New York Yankees in seven games — and became the team's captain in 1964. He won his second MVP award in 1965.He finished his playing career with 660 home runs, the sixth most of all time.Mays was a first-ballot Hall of Famer, receiving 97% of the vote when he became eligible in 1979.
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