Willie Mays Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

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.

G3,005 (MLB Rank: 9)
AB10,924 (MLB Rank: 14)
H3,293 (MLB Rank: 13)
BA0.301 (MLB Rank: 1,410)
2B525 (MLB Rank: 47)
3B141 (MLB Rank: 63)
HR660 (MLB Rank: 6)
RBI1909 (MLB Rank: 12)
R2068 (MLB Rank: 7)
BB1468 (MLB Rank: 22)
OBP0.384 (MLB Rank: 1,171)
SLG0.557 (MLB Rank: 382)
OPS0.941 (MLB Rank: 574)
SB339 (MLB Rank: 124)
SO1,526 (MLB Rank: 78)
GIDP251 (MLB Rank: 38)
CS103 (MLB Rank: 124)
Rbat+160 (MLB Rank: 644)
WAR156.3 (MLB Rank: 3)
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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:

G66
AB209
H44
BA0.211
2B10
3B0
HR6
RBI25
R24
BB27
OBP0.303
SLG0.344
OPS0.647
SB1
SO47
GIDP7
Rbat+78
WAR0.0

📈 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

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
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