Willie Mays Career Stats | Key MLB Metrics (1948

Willie Mays made their MLB debut in 1948 and appeared in 3,005 games over 23 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.301, OPS of 0.941, hit 660 HRs, and recorded 156.3 WAR. They rank 6th all-time in HRs and 3th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Willie Mays made their MLB debut in 1948 and played in 3,005 games over 23 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G	3,005 (MLB Rank: 9)
AB	10,924 (MLB Rank: 14)
H	3,293 (MLB Rank: 13)
BA	0.301 (MLB Rank: 1,410)
2B	525 (MLB Rank: 47)
3B	141 (MLB Rank: 63)
HR	660 (MLB Rank: 6)
RBI	1909 (MLB Rank: 12)
R	2068 (MLB Rank: 7)
BB	1468 (MLB Rank: 22)
OBP	0.384 (MLB Rank: 1,171)
SLG	0.557 (MLB Rank: 382)
OPS	0.941 (MLB Rank: 574)
SB	339 (MLB Rank: 124)
SO	1,526 (MLB Rank: 78)
GIDP	251 (MLB Rank: 38)
CS	103 (MLB Rank: 124)
Rbat+	160 (MLB Rank: 644)
WAR	156.3 (MLB Rank: 3)

Willie Mays Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Willie Mays's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1973)

In 1973, Willie Mays played in 66 games and posted the following stats:

G	66
AB	209
H	44
BA	0.211
2B	10
3B	0
HR	6
RBI	25
R	24
BB	27
OBP	0.303
SLG	0.344
OPS	0.647
SB	1
SO	47
GIDP	7
Rbat+	78
WAR	0.0

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Willie Mays's best seasons by category:

Most HR in a season: 1965, 52 HR
Most H in a season: 1958, 208 H
Most RBI in a season: 1962, 141 RBI
Most SB in a season: 1956, 40 SB
Best BA in a season: 1958, 0.347 BA
Best OBP in a season: 1971, 0.425 OBP
Best SLG in a season: 1954, 0.667 SLG
Best OPS in a season: 1954, 1.078 OPS
Best WAR in a season: 1965, 11.2 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Willie Mays appeared in 33 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.248, OBP of 0.343, SLG of 0.325, and OPS of 0.668. They also tallied 1 HR, 29 H, 15 RBI, and 3 SB.

Willie Mays Career Stat Summary

season	H	HR	RBI	BA	R	OPS	WAR	OBP	SLG	PA	BB	SO	2B	3B	TB	rOBA	Rbat+	OPS+	G	GIDP	HBP	IBB	SB	CS	SF	SH	AB
1948	10	0	6	0.233	6	0.638	-0.1	0.313	0.326	48	4	0	2	1	14	0.306	75	71	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	43
1951	127	20	68	0.274	59	0.828	3.9	0.356	0.472	524	57	60	22	5	219	0.367	120	120	121	11	2	7	7	4	0	1	464
1952	30	4	23	0.236	17	0.736	1.3	0.326	0.409	144	16	17	2	4	52	0.338	102	102	34	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	127
1954	195	41	110	0.345	119	1.078	10.5	0.411	0.667	641	66	57	33	13	377	0.468	182	175	151	12	2	14	8	5	7	0	565
1955	185	51	127	0.319	123	1.059	9.2	0.4	0.659	670	79	60	18	13	382	0.459	177	174	152	12	4	13	24	4	7	0	580
1956	171	36	84	0.296	101	0.926	7.6	0.369	0.557	651	68	65	27	8	322	0.411	151	146	152	16	1	20	40	10	3	0	578
1957	195	35	97	0.333	112	1.033	8.3	0.407	0.626	669	76	62	26	20	366	0.441	174	173	152	14	1	15	38	19	6	0	585
1958	208	29	96	0.347	121	1.002	10.2	0.419	0.583	685	78	56	33	11	350	0.448	172	165	152	11	1	12	31	6	6	0	600
1959	180	34	104	0.313	125	0.964	7.8	0.381	0.583	649	65	58	43	5	335	0.426	157	156	151	11	2	9	27	4	6	0	575
1960	190	29	103	0.319	107	0.936	9.5	0.381	0.555	669	61	70	29	12	330	0.423	167	160	153	15	4	11	25	10	9	0	595
1961	176	40	123	0.308	129	0.977	8.7	0.393	0.584	659	81	77	32	3	334	0.424	161	160	154	14	2	15	18	9	4	0	572
1962	189	49	141	0.304	130	0.999	10.5	0.384	0.615	706	78	85	36	5	382	0.448	169	165	162	19	4	11	18	2	3	0	621
1963	187	38	103	0.314	115	0.962	10.6	0.38	0.582	671	66	83	32	7	347	0.44	184	175	157	15	2	5	8	3	7	0	596
1964	171	47	111	0.296	121	0.99	11	0.383	0.607	665	82	72	21	9	351	0.443	178	172	157	11	1	13	19	5	3	1	578
1965	177	52	112	0.317	118	1.043	11.2	0.398	0.645	638	76	71	21	3	360	0.462	197	185	157	11	0	16	9	4	2	2	558
1966	159	37	103	0.288	99	0.924	9	0.368	0.556	629	70	81	29	4	307	0.419	161	149	152	13	2	11	5	1	4	1	552
1967	128	22	70	0.263	83	0.787	4.4	0.334	0.453	544	51	92	22	2	220	0.366	128	124	141	12	2	7	6	0	3	2	486
1968	144	23	79	0.289	84	0.86	6.3	0.372	0.488	573	67	81	20	5	243	0.393	158	156	148	13	2	7	12	6	6	0	498
1969	114	13	58	0.283	64	0.798	3.1	0.362	0.437	459	49	71	17	3	176	0.381	132	124	117	8	3	7	6	2	4	0	403
1970	139	28	83	0.291	94	0.897	5.2	0.39	0.506	566	79	90	15	2	242	0.411	145	140	139	7	3	3	5	0	6	0	478

Willie Mays Career Stats & Summary