Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed " The Say Hey Kid " is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder . He spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets . His career began in 1951 and he retired in 1973.

Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama , near Bessemer , Alabama.

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• Career statistics and player information from MLB , or  ESPN , or  Baseball-Reference , or  Fangraphs , or  The Baseball Cube , or  Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Willie Mays article, Encyclopedia of Alabama Archived 2013-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
• May 1951: Minneapolis Tribune account of Mays' first home game as a Minneapolis Miller
• Willie Mays: Say Hey! Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine ? slideshow by Life magazine

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