For much of the 1960s, Mays was baseball’s highest-paid player; in 1970, his salary was $135,000, or about $1.1 million today ...

I was with my family when I heard Willie Mays died at 93. One of my kids asked: “Who is Willie Mays?” The person who posed the question is 20 and was born 30 years after Mays retired from a ...

If you look closely enough, while no beams, seats, or foul lines ever existed in this location, there are still ghosts of ...

Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, were clearly two of the best to ever play baseball, but Willie Mays might have topped them ...

The Post Editorial Board’s tribute evoked powerful childhood memories (“Willie Mays, 1931-2024,” June 20). I saw Willie Mays play at the Polo Grounds during the early 1950s when I was in ...

“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 ...

Considered by many the greatest player in baseball history, Willie Mays died Tuesday at 93. He had been the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. A star for the Giants in both New ...

When it came to skill sets in baseball, Willie Mays possessed them all: he was a consistent hitter with power, a marvel on defense, a speedy baserunner, and a clutch performer in all facets of the ...

Barry Bonds and former President Bill Clinton were among the speakers at a celebration of life for the late Willie Mays, honoring the baseball icon with words of affection from the field at Oracle ...