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Willie Mays, one of many best baseball gamers of all time, has died on the age of 93.
The San Francisco Giants introduced on Tuesday, June 18, that the Corridor of Famer had handed away “peacefully this afternoon.”
The workforce shared the information by way of X in a publish that included a photograph of Willie, nicknamed “The Say Hey Child,” wearing his Giants uniform alongside the tribute, “Eternally Big.”
No reason behind demise has been confirmed.
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Along side the Giants’ announcement, Willie’s son Michael Mays, included a press release on behalf of the athlete’s household.
“My father has handed away peacefully and amongst family members,” Michael, whom Willie shared along with his spouse, Mae Louise Allen, who died in 2013, stated. “I wish to thanks from the underside of my damaged coronary heart for the unwavering love you might have proven him over time. You may have been his life’s blood.”
Willie performed skilled baseball for 4 many years, launching his profession within the late Nineteen Forties and shutting it with the New York Mets in 1972.
Willie Mays Bettmann Archive/Getty Photographs
Throughout that point, he spent 21 years with the New York Giants, who later turned the San Francisco Giants.
Willie was famend as being an all-around ballplayer who might “hit, run, subject and throw with equal aplomb,” as summarized by The New York Instances. He was a 24-time All-Star and retired with 660 profession dwelling runs.
Main League Baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, additionally launched a press release on Tuesday.
“All of Main League Baseball is in mourning right now as we’re gathered on the very ballpark the place a profession and a legacy like no different started,” the assertion learn. “Willie Mays took his all-around brilliance from the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League to the historic Giants franchise. From coast to coast in New York and San Francisco, Willie impressed generations of gamers and followers as the sport grew and really earned its place as our Nationwide Pastime.”
Willie Mays and followers Bettmann Archive/Getty Photographs
Willie gained two NL MVP awards and was named the very best participant within the Nationwide League 9 instances, based on Wins Above Substitute (WAR) baseball statistics.
In 2015, Willie was honored by former president Barack Obama on the White Home with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. He was additionally the main target of a 2022 HBO documentary titled, Say Hey, Willie Mays!
The sports activities star remained entrenched within the Giants group all through his later years, often visiting San Francisco’s Oracle Park, the Giants’ dwelling ballpark, the place a bronze statue was erected in his honor in March 2000.
He’s survived by his son, Michael, and godson, Barry Bonds.
