Willie Mays

1948–1973 · bats R / throws R · Birmingham Black Barons, NLS, New York Giants, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants

3,005G

.301AVG

.384OBP

.557SLG

More career statistics

3,293H

660HR

1,909RBI

339SB

29Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Games	3,005	3,047
Batting · At bats	10,924	11,042
Batting · Caught stealing	103	105
Batting · Doubles	525	532
Batting · Hits	3,293	3,337
Batting · Hit by pitch	45	46
Batting · Home runs	660	664
Batting · Strikeouts	1,526	1,528
Batting · Plate appearances	12,541	12,687
Batting · Runs	2,068	2,094
Batting · RBI	1,909	1,935
Batting · Stolen bases	339	349
Batting · Triples	141	143
Batting · Walks	1,468	1,493

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
3,005	12,541	10,924	2,068	3,293	525	141	660	1,909	1,468	1,526	339	103	45	91	6,080	.301	.384	.557	.941

Streaks

23longest hitting streak · 1959-09-19 to 1960-05-02

29longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
89	Four-Homer Game	1961-04-30	1 in 11,770 games	box score ↗
78	Three Triples	1960-09-15	1 in 3,855 games	box score ↗
75	Seven Times On Base	1970-05-23	1 in 2,761 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1523	6135	1619	338	952	737	659	.304	.384	.567
Away	1524	6552	1718	326	983	756	869	.301	.378	.547

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	315	1342	356	63	199	156	154	.304	.382	.540
May	542	2280	612	133	380	275	276	.309	.389	.595
June	570	2403	623	115	353	284	308	.298	.377	.543
July	551	2280	563	111	321	261	277	.283	.361	.509
August	562	2312	623	133	358	257	275	.308	.381	.578
September	487	1986	535	100	302	250	231	.313	.395	.564
October	20	84	25	9	22	10	7	.338	.417	.743

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
cincinnati-reds	368	1553	379	76	225	160	193	.276	.347	.500
philadelphia-phillies	363	1490	385	61	196	173	178	.296	.374	.533
chicago-cubs	358	1515	427	92	266	156	198	.319	.385	.611
st-louis-cardinals	353	1497	408	79	231	173	178	.313	.388	.568
pittsburgh-pirates	343	1443	405	76	234	177	129	.323	.403	.591
los-angeles-dodgers	271	1157	295	57	158	160	153	.299	.393	.556
milwaukee-braves	245	1036	284	65	167	116	99	.313	.386	.589
houston-astros	185	731	189	38	111	76	109	.292	.363	.519

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1948	Birmingham Black Barons	16	43	12	1	5	1	.279	–	–
1949	Birmingham Black Barons	39	118	42	3	27	10	.356	–	–
1951	New York Giants	121	464	127	20	68	7	.274	–	–
1952	New York Giants	34	127	30	4	23	4	.236	–	–
1954	New York Giants	151	565	195	41	110	8	.345	–	–
1955	New York Giants	152	580	185	51	127	24	.319	–	–
1956	New York Giants	152	578	171	36	84	40	.296	–	–
1957	New York Giants	152	585	195	35	97	38	.333	–	–
1958	San Francisco Giants	152	600	208	29	96	31	.347	–	–
1959	San Francisco Giants	151	575	180	34	104	27	.313	–	–
1960	San Francisco Giants	153	595	190	29	103	25	.319	–	–
1961	San Francisco Giants	154	572	176	40	123	18	.308	–	–
1962	San Francisco Giants	162	621	189	49	141	18	.304	–	–
1963	San Francisco Giants	157	596	187	38	103	8	.314	–	–
1964	San Francisco Giants	157	578	171	47	111	19	.296	–	–
1965	San Francisco Giants	157	558	177	52	112	9	.317	–	–
1966	San Francisco Giants	152	552	159	37	103	5	.288	–	–
1967	San Francisco Giants	141	486	128	22	70	6	.263	–	–
1968	San Francisco Giants	148	498	144	23	79	12	.289	–	–
1969	San Francisco Giants	117	403	114	13	58	6	.283	–	–
1970	San Francisco Giants	139	478	139	28	83	5	.291	–	–
1971	San Francisco Giants	136	417	113	18	61	23	.271	–	–
1972	New York Mets, San Francisco Giants	88	244	61	8	22	4	.250	–	–
1973	New York Mets	66	209	44	6	25	1	.211	–	–