Willie Mays
Facts
33 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- May 6, 1931
- Date of death
- June 18, 2024
- Place of birth
- Westfield
- Place of death
- Palo Alto
- Country of citizenship
- United States[7]
- Ethnic group
- African Americans[8]
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Educated at
- Fairfield High Preparatory School[9]
- Award received
- Rawlings Gold Glove Award, California Hall of Fame, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award[10][11][12][13][14]
- Child
- Michael Mays[6]
- Cause of death
- heart failure[23]
- Birth name
- Willie Howard Mays Jr.[32]
- Country for sport
- United States[33]
- Different from
- Billy Mays, Billy Glaze[35][36]
- Height
- +178
- League or competition
- Major League Baseball[20]
- Manner of death
- natural causes[29]
- Member of sports team
- San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Cangrejeros de Santurce[17][18][19]
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- Military branch
- United States Army[21]
- Name in native language
- Willie Mays[34]
- Nickname
- The Say Hey Kid[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Participated in conflict
- Korean War[25]
- Position played on team / speciality
- center fielder[22]
- Start of work period
- May 25, 1951[37]
- ISNI
- 0000000082993210
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- 110380493
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n79041939
- GND ID
- 173496318
- Alabama Authors ID
- 1693
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- 151060692
- BabelNet ID
- 00053960n
- Baseball Almanac ID
- mayswi01
- Baseball Reference major league player ID
- m/mayswi01
- Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID
- mays--002wil
- BlackPast.org ID
- african-american-history/mays-willie-1931-0
- CCAB ID
- 000466339
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- California Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID
- willie-mays
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140000791714059648
- Comic Vine ID
- 4005-19317
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 173496318
- Discogs artist ID
- 2273414
- ESPN.com MLB player ID
- 24790
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID
- 0783
- Encyclopedia of Alabama ID
- h-1252
- Encyclopedia of Alabama ID (new schema)
- willie-mays
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 3p4UFS
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
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- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Willie-Mays
- FAST ID
- 33894
- FactGrid item ID
- Kooperative Schule
- FanGraphs player ID
- 1008315
- Film.ru person ID
- uilli-meyz
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- George Eastman Museum people ID
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- HAND ID
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- Harper's tag
- willie-mays
- IMDb ID
- nm0563092
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- 185972
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- Kinobox person ID
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- 97878
- MLB.com player ID
- 118495
- MusicBrainz artist ID
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- DA03360272
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- mays-howard---willie
- NNDB people ID
- 427/000023358
- NUKAT ID
- n2011244121
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID
- mays-willie
- National Library of Chile ID
- 000161760
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 131964895
- Open Library ID
- OL947180A
- Open Library subject ID
- person:willie_mays_(1931-)
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110810105350561
- Plex person key
- 5d776b2596b655001fe05c68
- Quora topic ID
- Willie-Mays-5
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
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- SABR person ID
- Willie-Mays
- SNAC ARK ID
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- TMDB person ID
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- The Baseball Cube player ID
- 14947
- Trading Card Database name ID
- 3767
- U.S. National Archives Identifier
- 10583005
- WikiTree person ID
- Mays-958
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 11187259-n
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- Yale LUX ID
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Award received 5
Member of sports team 4
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Cause of death 1
Country for sport 1
Country of citizenship 1
Ethnic group 1
Instance of 1
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League or competition 1
Manner of death 1
Member of 1
Military branch 1
Named after 1
Occupation 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Participated in conflict 1
Place of death 1
Position played on team / speciality 1
Residence 1
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Sport 1
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Summary
Willie Mays was born on May 6, 1931[1], in Westfield[2]. He died on June 18, 2024[3], in Palo Alto[4]. He worked as a baseball player[5].
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
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Type: Person[38]
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Country: US[39]
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Began / founded: 1931-05-06[40]
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Ended / dissolved: 2024-06-18[41]
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MusicBrainz ID: 6901b3b3-620e-4f22-9633-f4b00f56e5be[42]
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Willie Mays include World Series Most Valuable Player Award[43], a most valuable player award[44], in United States[45], founded in 1955[46].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Willie Mays include World Series Most Valuable Player Award[43], a most valuable player award[44], in United States[45], founded in 1955[46].
FAQs
Where was Willie Mays born?
Willie Mays was born in Westfield[2].
Where did Willie Mays die?
Willie Mays died in Palo Alto[4].
What did Willie Mays do for work?
Willie Mays worked as a baseball player[5].
Where did Willie Mays go to school?
Willie Mays was educated at Fairfield High Preparatory School[9].
What awards did Willie Mays receive?
Honors received include Rawlings Gold Glove Award[10], California Hall of Fame[11], Presidential Medal of Freedom[12], and Associated Press Athlete of the Year[13].
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evidence “If Devers continued to play, he would’ve had a shot at joining Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda and Kevin Mitchell as the only other Giants to hit 40 homers and drive in 100 runs in the same season since the team moved to San Francisco.” record-bee.com · read source