Willie Mays New York Mets

Age: 77 (May 6, 1931) | aka Say Hey | 180lbs. | 5' 11" | Bats: Right

Team	League	Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	K/W	$
NY1	NL	1957	152	585	112	195	26	20	35	97	38	19	76	62	.333	.407	.626	0.8
SFN	NL	1958	152	600	121	208	33	11	29	96	31	6	78	56	.347	.419	.583	0.7
SFN	NL	1959	151	575	125	180	43	5	34	104	27	4	65	58	.313	.381	.583	0.9
SFN	NL	1960	153	595	107	190	29	12	29	103	25	10	61	70	.319	.381	.555	1.1
SFN	NL	1961	154	572	129	176	32	3	40	123	18	9	81	77	.308	.393	.584	1.0
SFN	NL	1962	162	621	130	189	36	5	49	141	18	2	78	85	.304	.384	.615	1.1
SFN	NL	1963	157	596	115	187	32	7	38	103	8	3	66	83	.314	.380	.582	1.3
SFN	NL	1964	157	578	121	171	21	9	47	111	19	5	82	72	.296	.383	.607	0.9
SFN	NL	1965	157	558	118	177	21	3	52	112	9	4	76	71	.317	.398	.645	0.9
SFN	NL	1966	152	552	99	159	29	4	37	103	5	1	70	81	.288	.368	.556	1.2
SFN	NL	1967	141	486	83	128	22	2	22	70	6	0	51	92	.263	.334	.453	1.8
SFN	NL	1968	148	498	84	144	20	5	23	79	12	6	67	81	.289	.372	.488	1.2
SFN	NL	1969	117	403	64	114	17	3	13	58	6	2	49	71	.283	.362	.437	1.4
SFN	NL	1970	139	478	94	139	15	2	28	83	5	0	79	90	.291	.390	.506	1.1
SFN	NL	1971	136	417	82	113	24	5	18	61	23	3	112	123	.271	.425	.482	1.1
SFN	NL	1972	19	49	8	9	2	0	0	3	3	0	17	5	.184	.394	.224	0.3
NYN	NL	1972	69	195	27	52	9	1	8	19	1	5	43	43	.267	.402	.446	1.0
NYN	NL	1973	66	209	24	44	10	0	6	25	1	0	27	47	.211	.303	.344	1.7
Career		22yrs	2992	10881	2062	3283	523	140	660	1903	338	103	1464	1526	.302	.384	.557	1.0

1 comment
Alex 7 months ago	Writing a comment in the Norm Cash thread, I was surprised to find that the ERA and SA in the American League in 1961 were only slightly higher than the year before. So I checked out the NL in 1962, when the Senior Circuit followed the upstart American League into the uncharted waters of expansion. The numbers for the National League as a whole: 1961: ERA 4.03, SA .405 1962: ERA 3.94, SA .393 Quite amazingly, there was less hitting in the NL expansion year. Which of course makes Willie's great 1962 season even better. Yes, he played in eight more games, but in those eight games he seems to have hit nine homers and knocked in almost 20 runs. He led the league in homers, the Giants won the pennant, and Maury Wills, who had 72 more steals than the runner-up in that department, was voted the MVP. They must've had Rotisserie baseball back then.

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