Willie Mays : a biography / Mary Kay Linge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linge, Mary Kay.

Series:

Baseball's all-time greatest hitters.

Baseball's all-time greatest hitters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mays, Willie, 1931-.

Mays, Willie.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Willie Mays' career bridged eras in baseball history, from the Negro Leagues to expansion to free agency. Through it all, his all-around ability and his love of the game set him apart. His career accomplishments include 660 home runs, 2 MVPs, Rookie of the Year, and the first 30-30 season. No other player is cited by so many of his peers as the best they have ever seen.||From his childhood growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama to becoming the first black team captain in baseball, Mays' life is described in detail. Readers will learn of his early life, his career with the Giants and the

Contents:

Childhood

Learning the game

Coming up, 1950-1951

The big leagues, 1951

The army, 1952-1953

The championship season, 1954

New York life, 1955-1957

San Francisco, 1958-1960

Cheers by the Bay, 1961-1962

Captain Mays, 1963-1964

The veteran years, 1965-1971

Back to New York, 1972-1973

Full circle

The legend of Willie Mays.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index.

ISBN:

9798216036036

9786612407963

9781282407961

1282407961

9780313043406

031304340X

OCLC:

63823957

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798216036036