Mays, Willie
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| Birthname | Mays, Willie Howard | ||
| born on | 6 May 1931 at 22:30 (= 10:30 PM ) | ||
| Place | Westfield AL, USA, 33n29, 86w56 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   15°40'   18°56 Asc. 07°28'
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Biography
American baseball player who played for 22 years with the New York and San Francisco Giants, as well as the New York Mets.
At age 15, Mays along with Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges put together a team in Birmingham and went around the country playing baseball wherever they could get paid. He played in the black leagues before signing with the Giants as a rookie in the 1951 season. Mays has a lifetime .302 average, he drove in more than 100 runs in 10 seasons, scored more than 100 runs for 12 consecutive seasons and had 338 stolen bases. In the 1960s, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were baseball's highest-paid players. Mays highest salary reached $180,000 per year.
He was fabled for his basket catches and boundless enthusiasm throughout the '50s. Having a rifle arm and quicksilver moves, Mays had a .302 average, hit 660 home runs and scored 2,062 runs over his entire career.
In 1979, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Events
- Work : Prize 1979 (Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Social : Joined group 1951 (Signed with the Giants)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes and Gauquelin Book of American Charts
Categories
- Vocation : Sports : Baseball (Pro, record holder for his time period)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Traits : Body : Race (Black)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Lifestyle : Work : Same Job more than 10 yrs (Baseball player, 22 years)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
