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These articles were published in Willie Mays: Five Tools (2023), edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks. Click here to download the e-book or purchase the paperback edition.

Willie Mays (Courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame)

October 1, 1962: Mays, Pierce lead Giants to win in Game 1 of NL tiebreaker series

Willie Mays (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 3, 1962: The Giants Win the Pennant, Part Two!

July 2, 1963: Marichal outduels Spahn in 16-inning thriller

July 9, 1963: Mays leads NL stars in return to single All-Star Game

Willie Mays (Trading Card Database)

August 7, 1965: Willie Mays homers twice, drives in 5 runs to spark Giants over Cardinals

Willie Mays (Courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame)

September 8, 1965: Willie Mays swats two home runs to close in on number 500, as Giants take first place

Willie Mays (Trading Card Database)

October 3, 1965: Willie Mays breaks Giants’ record with 52nd homer, calls it a day

Willie Mays (The Rucker Archive)

August 17, 1966: ‘The one that kind of sang itself out of the park’: Mays passes Foxx with 535th career homer

Willie Mays (Courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame)

September 22, 1969: Willie Mays hits his 600th homer and Frank Torre can go home now

July 18, 1970: Willie Mays joins the 3,000-hit club

Willie Mays (Trading Card DB)

May 14, 1972: Willie Mays homers in New York Mets debut

August 17, 1973: Willie Mays’s 660th and final HR goes for naught in Mets’ nailbiter loss to Reds

October 14, 1973: Willie Mays helps Mets prevail over A’s in 12 innings in Game Two

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