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[Diamond_Dog]

24 Amazing Willie Mays stats on his 92nd birthday.

https://www.mlb.com/news/willie-mays-best-stats-and-accomplishments?partnerId=zh-20230506-903153-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230506-903153-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=bkvQ2VWlUBz2RCm8G%2FbuAqOpgQOquUL1hh4x0cXRImAG1sKCtstAzeGI3SkQStuN&bt_ts=1683380960056

[cachukis]

1. All around, greatest, in my book.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Willie Mays: The Catch as it first appeared on a hillside just south of Petaluma, CA -- May 6, 1984

to commemorate Willie’s 53rd birthday.

[Brother Buzz]

3. One cool stat missing:

Willie Mays holds the record for hitting home runs in the most different innings. Mays hit at least one home run in every inning from one to sixteen. His first-inning and sixteenth-inning home runs, both off Warren Spahn, are the most noteworthy. The one in the first inning was the first of Mays’s career, and the sixteenth-inning blast broke up one of the all-time great pitching duels and provided a 1-0 victory for Juan Marichal.



The day Willie Mays hit a walk off home run and was essentially relegated to the footnotes

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Two future hall of fame high-kicking pitchers, Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn faced off for the dual of the century on July 2, 1963 at the 'Stick'.




On July 2, 1963, Juan Marichal pitched a 16-inning shutout against the Milwaukee Braves, outdueling Warren Spahn, who pitched 151/3 scoreless innings before Willie Mays won it 1-0 with a home run. Marichal threw 227 pitches; Spahn threw 201. (To Hell with that wussy pitch count crap!)