and the oldest living member of baseball's Hall of Fame

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday “Say Hey Kid!!” Growing up in the 50’s he was one of my baseball heroes. I had his basket catches down pat. Lord, I miss those days because of men like Willie Mays!

Happy Birthday Willie!
What a GREAT ball player.
Growing up Willie was the one we all wanted to be while we were playing ball.

One of the greatest ever. Hit for power and average and had speed and great defense. Imagine if he had played at candlestick his career after it was enclosed. Not for a decade + before. He’d have 800 HR

A true 5-tool player and one of, if not the greatest baseball player every. Met him once, MASSIVE hands, he had hands like a catcher's mitt, big and strong, just engulfed your own hand while shaking, can see how such a average sized (but muscular) guy, could produce such numbers.

Candlestick Park....uggg, Cleveland had the Mistake by the Lake, SF had that concrete eyesore. Only took 50-years before clubs recognize the multi-use stadium were no good for anyone.

Say hey!

What a player. There have been few like him.

Happy Birthday to Willie Mays! I remember watching the ABC Saturday morning animated special "Willie Mays and the Say Hey Kid" in 1972. Nice to know after all these years he's still with us.

I was a huge fans of his back in the day!

One of the first models that I made with my dad’s help was of his infamous on-the-run over-the-shoulder catch at the ‘warning track’.

“The Catch”

To me, he was the greatest ballplayer who ever lived. A true 5 tool player:

.302 lifetime average
3,283 hits
660 home runs
1,903 RBIs
24x all-star
2x MVP
12x Gold Glove winner

Missed 2 seasons due to Army service.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
To me, he was the greatest ballplayer who ever lived.

He may very well be. I remember when the 30/30 club became a big deal - 30 home runs / 30 stolen bases. They asked Willie about it and he said if he knew it was going to be a big thing he would have stolen 30 bases every year.

Happy Birthday Willie! I saw him hit a ball up into the 'oxygen required section' at Arlington Stadium during an Old Timers game. He had to been in his early 60s.

He was my baseball hero when I was a youngster. Happy Birthday Willie!

If you were a kid in the fifties or sixties and played baseball, you were probably a fan of Willie Mays, and would try to learn the basket catch. We all did.

He almost ran me over with his Caddie after a game a few years back. Wish I could have seen him play.

Probably the greatest all-around ballplayer ever. He could do it all and did.

Wow, 90. I didn't think he was that old