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Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22 season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and shares the record of most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.〔Sportsdata. Midsummer Classics: Celebrating MLB's All-Star Game. "there were two games a year from 1959 to 1962" ..."all players who were named to the AL or NL roster were credited one appearance per season." Retrieved July 18, 2013 ()〕〔Baseball Almanac: Miscellaneous All-Star Game Records, All-Star Game Record Book, "Most Games Played", Aaron, Mays, Musial, 24. Retrieved July 21, 2013. ()〕 Ted Williams said, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays."〔(National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: The Hall of Famers )〕〔''Willie's Time'', by Charles Einstein.〕 Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fifth all-time. He also won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957 when the award was introduced.〔(MLB Awards | MLB.com: History )〕 Mays' career statistics and longevity in the pre-PED era, recent acknowledgements of Mays as perhaps the finest five-tool player ever, and the overwhelming consensus of many surveys and other expert analyses carefully examining Mays' relative performance have led to a growing opinion that Mays was possibly the greatest all-around baseball player of all time.〔 In 1999, Mays placed second on ''The Sporting News''s "List of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players", making him the highest-ranking living player. Later that year, he was also elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. Mays hit over 50 home runs in 1955 and 1965, representing the longest time span between 50-plus home run seasons for any player in Major League Baseball history. His final Major League Baseball appearance came on October 16 during game 3 of the 1973 World Series. ==Early life== Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama, just outside Bessemer. His father, Cat Mays, was a talented baseball player with the Negro team for the local iron plant. His mother, Annie Satterwhite, was a gifted basketball and track star in high school.〔Hirsch, p. 12〕 His parents never married each other.〔 As a baby, Mays was cared for by his mother's younger sisters Sarah and Ernestine. Sarah became the primary female role model in Mays' life.〔Hirsch, p. 13〕 His father exposed him to baseball at an early age, and by the age of five he was playing catch with his father.〔Hirsch, p. 14〕 At age 10, Mays was allowed to sit on the bench of his father's League games.〔Hirsch, p. 15〕 Mays played multiple sports at Fairfield Industrial High School, averaging a then-record 17 points a game in basketball and more than 40 yards a punt in football, while also playing quarterback.〔(Willie Mays Quotes - BrainyQuote )〕 Mays graduated from Fairfield in 1950.〔(Willie Mays Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Willie Mays )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willie Mays」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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