Willie Mays is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played in the National League between 1951 and 1973.
Willie Mays Net Worth: How Rich Is Willie Mays?
Willie Mays has an estimated net worth of $3 million. He accrued this wealth through his career as a baseball player.
Mays’professional baseball career began in 1948 when he played briefly during the summer with the Chattanooga Choo-Choos, a Negro minor league team.
He joined the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League in 1948, playing with them until the Giants signed him once he graduated from high school in 1950, then won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1951 after hitting 20 home runs to help the Giants win their first pennant in 14 years.
Mays played almost entirely for the New York/San Francisco Giants.
He finished his career with a batting average of .302. Upon his retirement, he held the NL record for career runs scored (2,062) and ranked second in league history behind Stan Musial in games played (2,992), third in at-bats (10,881), runs batted in (1,903), total bases (6,066), extra-base hits (1,323) and walks (1,464), fourth in hits (3,283), fifth in slugging percentage (.557), and eighth in doubles (523); his 140 triples ranked fourth among players active after 1945.
Mays holds major league records for games as a center fielder (2,829), putouts as an outfielder (7,095) and extra-inning home runs (22), and ended his career behind only Ty Cobb in total games as an outfielder (2,842) and ranking seventh in assists (188) and third in double plays (59) in center field.
Willie Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 in his first year of eligibility.