American baseball player, Willie Howard Mays, Jr., nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid,” was an American professional baseball center fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1951 ...

Donning the number 24 with style, Mays put up incredible career numbers with the New York/San Francisco Giants: a .301 career batting average, 660 home runs, 3,293 hits, 339 stolen bases, 12 Gold ...

WILLIE MAYS was one of the all-time baseball greats. And although he’s been gone a year — Mays died in June 2024 at age 93 — there are still many ways to remember him in the Bay Area. Start with the ...

Willie Mays’ jersey number of 24 is retired by the San Francisco Giants. But on Monday night, every uniformed member of the Giants’ roster and staff wore No. 24 for San Francisco’s National ...

Mays died Tuesday at the age of 93. He was a 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove winner and two-time MVP who is considered by some to be the greatest baseball player who ever lived.

In honor of number 24, every Giants player wore that number on Monday night. Oroville resident Danny Wilson sported the shirt he made last week with Willie Mays on the front and a picture of a ...

Every uniformed Giant wore No. 24 on this night, a number that no Giant had worn since Mays was traded to the Mets in May 1972 (the number was officially retired in 1983).

Every Giants player came out onto the field wearing No. 24 jerseys, the same number Mays wore for over two decades as a Giant.

Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee was among those who made the trip to 24 Willie Mays Plaza on Wednesday. “Always, always loved the way he played,” Lee said.

Lee went on to say he believes Mays is the greatest baseball player who ever lived, and the MLB should honor his legacy by retiring his number. “I think Major League Baseball should retire the ...

Lee went on to say he believes Mays is the greatest baseball player who ever lived, and the MLB should honor his legacy by retiring his number. “I think Major League Baseball should retire the ...