“The Say Hey Kid” Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1931–2024) began his career in the Negro Leagues (1947) before joining the Major League’s New York Giants in 1951. Excepting time in military service ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Major League Baseball (MLB) is planning for MLB legend and Alabama native, Willie Mays, to be in attendance for the ‘MLB at Rickwood Field: A tribute to the Negro ...

His first major league hit was a home run off me--and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out." --By Warren Spahn (ed. note: Mays was 0-for ...

Baseball legend Willie Mays never expected to get 10 more career hits five decades after his last game. But that’s exactly what happened last week when Major League Baseball integrated Negro ...