Category Archive: Willie Mays: Five Tools

Introduction: Willie Mays: Five Tools

The actress and noted Giants baseball fan Tallulah Bankhead once…

Willie Mays: The Embodiment of The Negro Leagues

“These men couldn’t do what I did because they didn’t…

Tracking Down Willie Mays’s 1948 Game Log

  A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’…

The Negro Leagues Beyond 1948, and The Adventures of a Boy Named Willie

By consensus, it has been deemed that the Negro Leagues died…

Willie Mays in Trenton

Birmingham Black Barons center fielder Willie Mays was not…

Willie Mays Had a Spectacular—But Short—Stay in Minneapolis

Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers in 1951. (SABR-Rucker…

Willie Mays at The Polo Grounds

Willie Mays batted .298 in 399 career games at the Polo Grounds…

Willie Mays: All-Time All-Star

“They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.” –…

Willie Mays and Ted Williams Face Off

There were the All-Star Games, of course, and the two faced…

Mantle vs. Mays

For decades, baseball fans have debated who was the better…

Willie Mays Returns to New York

Willie Mays' skills had diminished by the time the New York…
Willie Mays: Five Tools, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks

Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium

Willie Mays with the New York Mets (National Baseball Hall…

The Defensive Excellence of Willie Mays

One baseball executive said Willie Mays’ glove was “where…

‘Now Playing In …’: Willie Mays’ Other Positions

Willie Mays played in more regular-season games in center…

Willie Mays: The Leader in Extra-Inning Home Runs

Willie Mays hit 22 home runs in extra innings, tops among…

Roomie: The Relationship Willie Mays and Monte Irvin Shared

Roomie – that’s Monte Irvin. He and I room together when…

Frightening Pitchers with Giant Willies: The Slugging Duo of Willie Mays and Willie McCovey

Willie Mays and Willie McCovey played together for 14 seasons,…

Fatherly Willie Mays Took Bobby and Barry Bonds Under His Wing

San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays influenced…

Willie Mays and His Managers

Whitey Lockman and Willie Mays made Giants manager Leo Durocher…

Willie Mays and the Giants: Why the Greatest Player Won Only Three Pennants

From 1954 through 1966, Willie Mays dominated the National…

That One Time When Willie Mays Wasn’t Perfect

Some sportswriters in the 1960s worried that Willie Mays…

The Unlikely Celebrity: The Say Hey Kid in Song and on Screen

This is the musical score to one of the songs devoted to…

Say Hey Forever

Willie Mays with Brent Kallestad, at Tallahassee on February…
Willie Mays: Five Tools, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks