Willie Mays Career Highlights

Willie Mays Highlights: This video is the largest collection of Willie Mays highlights with audio on the internet. It features Willie's first home run, his final hit, 600th homer, 3,000th hit, famous World Series catch, and much more. The majority of these highlights are from his time as a Giant, but there are Mets highlights in this video as well.

[@esportshighlights2457]

As I listened to the Red Sox broadcast tonight, I was saddened to learn of Willie’s passing. A tribute video like this can never adequately represent such an amazing player, but I am glad to see people are watching it and honoring his memory. RIP Willie.

[@oldude979]

Well done, very well done. I was 7 years old in 1954 when my father took me to Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to see the Dodgers play the Giants. We sat in the left field bleachers. 1st inning Mays hits a home run into the bleachers, although I didn't get the ball I became totally captivated by his presence and cried my eyes out in 1957 when he left town for California. BTW I was a Dodgers fan

[@hobbes4583]

Thanks for this video. It's nice to feel communion with other lovers of the game.

[@petefalc]

Rest In Peace Willie. You will always be revered by the fans of MLB.

[@jeffkelly4024]

The greatest player in baseball all around, he could hit, field, steal bases, run you name it he could do it!

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

And without cheating, too (i.e. his Godson Barry Bonds).

[@user-ln6hh3cu6y]

In an era when ball players drank, smoked, crushed hotdogs, and didn’t workout

[@user-pk6oz3jd9v]

Can you imagine his numbers if he didn’t miss 2 or 3 years because of military service. My favorite player as a boy, an absolutely amazing talent.

[@jayelbee1111]

Ted Williams said Willie Mays is the most talented baseball player he has ever seen

[@ILLBROADCASTYOURFACE]

Pitch?

[@woody_you_want]

Came here after hearing Willie passed, truly one of, if not the, best to ever do it. Class, style, skill, Willie had it all

[@ulyssesgrant2782]

I was hoping he'd live to see 100, but 93 is pretty good too! May God rest his soul.

[@chesterproudfoot9864]

RIP to my first sports hero. Absolutely the greatest all-around player to this day.

[@andrewpulda7969]

RIP Willie. There has to be a place where you and Hammer'n Hank are young again.

[@1mespud]

Thank you, WILLIE MAYS for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift, talent, grace and to help level baseball's playing field. You will always be beyond what we know as an icon. Your legacy is sealed and cannot be undone.

[@oldline90]

Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and Duke Snider: New York center fielders had names straight out of central casting.

[@felixmadison5736]

Willie, Mickey and The Duke.

[@gregoryjannone8280]

You can throw in DiMaggio for good luck.

[@ldfreitas9437]

@@gregoryjannone8280 And Di Maggio started out with the San Francisco Seals of the PCL that really was the third major league before the 1950s, rated AAAA.

[@bigbassmanphd]

When I was a child. I had a early morning paper route in Santa Rosa, Ca. One Sunday morning I tricked the telephone operator to connect me from my pay phone booth to his home number. It actually worked. He answered the phone at like 6:30AM. He was asleep. He was very nice to me! He talked for about 10 minutes. God Bless him! I have another story about Sandy Koufax. I was a wierd kid!

[@markfletcher8084]

The all-time greatest baseball player.

[@reybarreto7979]

I was around to see him play for the Mets as a first baseman. He was past his prime then but he still moved with grace and with a certain flair. He was like an artist, an aging artist who was still able to show flashes of brilliance in his craft. For example, I remember seeing him tag a runner out and the way he did it, catching the ball, then spinning around like a ballet dancer to make the tag, all in one fluid motion. I had never seen anyone make a tag like that. Such finesse, such artistry. Willie Mays was magical! I am saddened by his passing.

[@michaelw8424]

Thank you for making this incredible glimpse into one of the most talented athletes in American althetics history. Especially for those who never had the opportunity to watch his greatness live. Willie Mays was not only top 5 all-time..not only maybe the greatest 5 tool player in history..but he was the first player to make the outfield cool. He could catch a ball with more style than anyone. My father's favorite player other than Clemente. RIP Willie. 🙏

[@rubengutierrez5102]

MLB needs to rock 24 like 42 in honor of Willie Mays.

[@timwoodhams-pn8vw]

I think so too

[@marstondavis]

It was so much fun growing up in the East Bay and watching my hero, Willie Mays, play a better brand of baseball than anybody else. I would listen on my 6-transistor radio to Giants vs Dodgers games under the covers in bed. It was a rivalry that still goes on to this day. Thanks a lot, Willy. You're still the best.

[@DeweyParrish-dn2zu]

Same here, we grew up in West Pittsburg!!!

[@robertweston3959]

Same thing growing up in Long Beach. Under the covers with the radio, up way to late for a kid, listening to my Dodgers playing the hated Giants (still mad at Juan Marichal for hitting Johnny Roseboro with the bat). For some reason I always respected Willie Mays. I admired his skill, and looked up to him as a person.

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

I could never get tired of seeing these clips thanks for posting and RIP Willie God bless you and SAY HEY!!!

[@ron88303]

Lifelong Cardinals fan; I'm from that time. Willie's one of my all-time favorite players.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

Still the best all around player of all time. Day to day, year to year.

[@felixmadison5736]

The greatest player I ever saw, and along with the great Jim Brown, arguably the two most gifted athletes ever.

[@vernpascal1531]

Along with Wilt.

[@ldfreitas9437]

@@vernpascal1531 And two of them played in San Francisco. Mays and Wilt.

[@griz2020]

Michael Jordan was on par athletically with Brown & Mays.

[@felixmadison5736]

@@griz2020 Yes, but Jim Brown and Willie Mays also excelled at other sports. Jordan...not so much. Remember his try at baseball? Michael Jordan WAS gifted to play basketball though. Without question. Same goes for Wilt Chamberlain. I followed Wilt's entire career. Even the great Larry Bird said Jordan was the best basketball player he ever played against.

[@donyutejamaica631]

King James too!

[@rd.7732]

R.I.P Willie when I was a kid my most treasured item was my autographed Willie Mays glove. Was lucky enough to watch Willie at Candlestick Park I will miss Willie

[@ShunyamNiketana]

Hit no. 2999 (9:25) was an HR against Montreal at Candlestick on a miserable night--foggy, windy, cold. Fans were blanketed into their seats; most had left for home. I was one of the few who stayed.

[@ibaIIhog]

How old are u

[@scottdog1165]

Saw him play during his final years with the NY Mets…early 1970’s . . . . Looked him in the eye as he walked into Shea stadium with my dad. Say Hey! Willie!

[@jayelbee1111]

Willie Mays took time away from baseball to serve in the U.S. Army 1952-1954. He would have probably ended up with 700 home runs.

[@traviskoller]

Wrong he wouldve ended up with near 800 with those 3 seasons

[@jayelbee1111]

​@traviskoller Nah, probably around 760-770 if were being honest; similar to Hank Aaron's 755. His prime years averaged around 35-40 home runs per season. Ken Griffey's playing style is similar to Willie Mays; he probably would have ended around 730-750 and a lot more Gold Gloves as well

[@trapezemusic]

Please note that he actually missed 1 3/4 seasons while in the Army. He played the entire 1954 season. Had it not been for this interruption, he would have hit around 750 home runs!

[@ckobo84]

How could such a tiny human being hit for so much power? 5'10" 170, that's microscopic small.

[@ndgrad22]

…And he had to drink out a broken old drinking fountain ‘around back’. Thank Jesus for ‘progress/evolution’. RIP Willie…

[@analyst42]

Thank you for posting this. I've been watching whatever I can of the great Willie Mays - the "Say Hey Kid" - since learning of his passing earlier today. I am too young to have seen him play, so this was a real treat. RIP Willie. You were arguably the greatest all-around player in baseball history.

[@TheStarflight41]

The best all-around ball player. My hero growing up.

[@nala3038]

Interesting tidbit. Willie is the only man in MLB history to hit a home run in every inning from 1 to 16.

[@joelanderos23]

my very first baseball game at the 'stick in the 60s had Mays, McCovey, Marichal and Bonds in the lineup that day. R.I.P. Willie

[@user-ln6hh3cu6y]

Before strength and conditioning. Before sports nutrition. Before PEDs. An era when ball players drank, smoked, and crushed hotdogs. Mays was a phenom

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

They did amphetamines

[@GraveMemories]

Thank you very much for this video Fly high willie Thank you for the memories #retire24

[@stevechandler8487]

I’m a yankee fan and my favorite player of all time is Mick. But the best baseball player in the history of the major leagues is Willie Mays and really there is no doubt

[@georgegesualdi432]

Greatest player all around player by far. You will Never see another player win the MVP 11 years apart, NEVER!!! So let it be written, So let it be Done, RIP GOAT Willie Mays! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DannyGoldingTV]

Happy 90th Birthday Willie!!!!!

[@ibaIIhog]

Is he alive

[@KevinMiller-xn5vu]

​@@ibaIIhogYes he"s alive: he"s 92.

[@phattphilo377]

If Willie Mays hadn’t played in Candelstick he would have hit 800 home runs. He adjusted to the wind and started getting his homers with the wind blowing out towards right field.

[@gordonbotten3671]

I have heard that Candlestick Park cost Mays about 180 homers where the wind blew hard and kept the ball in the park. Having sat in that miserable park I can believe that. Candlestick was built in the worst spot in The Bay Area.

[@ldfreitas9437]

@@gordonbotten3671 Definitely for night games during the spring and summer. Day games were okay. Late summer things would get better. It ended up being a better football field with the nice fall weather in the Bay Area, at least until it would start to rain in late November and December. For Montana's last game as a 49er, it was a cold rainy Monday night December, 1992. Frank Gifford remarked that it was so cold, he couldn't believe it wasn't snowing.

[@researcher3981]

You bought into the hype like most people.

[@joselopezmoya9786]

The GREAT WILLIE MAYS played most of his in CANDLE STICK PARK which was not conducive for hrs,yet he would hit as many as 50 in a season..

[@Shin-ei_Official]

RIP Willie!! You were the greatest!

[@richardherrera1736]

RIP the Honorable Willie Mayes 🌹1931-2024 ⚾️⭐️🙏🏼💐🌉 Thanks for the memories.

[@LinkRocks]

I wish I could have seen Willie play. What a treat it would have been both in the field and at the plate.

[@StevenC32]

Willie Mays is simply the greatest baseball player in history.

[@stephenspencer4672]

What a highlight reel. Thanks for sharing. Willie was the best. SAY HEY !😊❤

[@felixmadison5736]

Curt Gowdy, (longtime sports announcer) once remarked that when he first interviewed Willie in the Giants dressing room, Mays' body was so lean and muscular that you could have lit a match on it! LOL!

[@educatingourworld]

The greatest all around player in baseball history, nobody even comes close. I say this as a lifelong Dodger fan…

[@geraldallocca6858]

Simply the greatest all around ballplayer ever!!!

[@swampghost72]

R.I.P to a true legend and the best player to ever step on the field.

[@philippesauvie639]

Rest in peace Willie Mays the greatest baseball player of all time! 😢

[@bw7754]

RIP to the say hey kid, legends never die.

[@stevencruz3977]

If he didn't have to do 2 years in the Army and if he would have played in a different ball park he would have hit 800 HRS in his career.

[@trapezemusic]

Too bad he missed 1 3/4 seasons while in the Army. Good point about being at a disadvantage while playing at windy, cold Candlestick Park for so many years.

[@vernpascal1531]

@@trapezemusic he hit 52 in 1965 at Candllestick. How many did he lose due to the wind? I guess we'll never know though 10-15 doesn't seem much of a stretch.

[@user-pk6oz3jd9v]

He also played in the polo grounds which was short down the lines but quickly got much deeper in the power alleys and center, ranging from 403 to 505 feet-483 ft dead center, a massive park where many would be HRs were outs in that park.

[@pluggy86]

Thanks for including the two Mets highlings. In 1972 I was 8 and a huge Mets fan. I know he was no longer the same player and many feel he stayed too long, but I'm so glad I have the memory of seeing him play. When I think back to the 1973 WS, it still breaks my heart that his teammates couldn't get him a second WS ring as a retirement present.

[@VengWarrior]

Mean 3 world series ring, Mays won two rings with the Giants

[@pluggy86]

@@VengWarrior Unfortunately that’s not correct. He only won the WS in 1954, losing in 1951 & 1962. San Francisco had to wait until 2010.

[@KaGe-oh2jb]

Came here to see one of the greats to ever put on the uniform. RIP

[@yell0wberry]

I know you young folks only know, mostly of today’s players and how highly coveted they are such as Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, and yes, even Mike Trout. Although someone like Babe Ruth was well ahead of his time, in my opinion, the best overall ball player to me was the guy who changed the dynamics of the game with someone having to actually be athletic, was Willie Mays

[@DSMTheEditor]

RIP to the greatest

[@kenhoward9748]

Rest in peace to the greatest ball player of all time.

[@keithmotsinger918]

Been said charismatic player ,all 5 TOOLS!

[@BalrogWing]

Happy birthday to the legend!

[@dankaradave]

He was on the coach staff obviously. A legend

[@rickygranderson9625]

A True GOAT! Griffey Jr was great but when I saw Mays leap over Bobby Bond's head to make a catch Mays is the GOAT.

[@buddythelittletinyrescuedo5114]

Mays or Mantle? Thats a tough one.

[@researcher3981]

Do your research, DiMaggio was a better hitter, a better power hitter, and had more put-outs per 9 innings than Mays..And comparing common parks they both hit in Sportsman (St.Louis) and Shibe/Connie Mack (Phil)..DiMaggio 988 ab's Mays 1349 DiMaggio leads in every cattagory BA..355-.311 OBP .436-.392 SA.663-.552 OPS1.099 .943 HR% .0888-.0489 (72 hr's vs 16 hr's) and DiMaggio had the lowest SO% of any player who hit over 200 HR's in history! DiMaggio (.05%)..Mays (.13445) Fielding PO's per 9 inn DiMaggio 2.69 Mays 2.6 FA DiMaggio +4 vs league ave..Mays +0 Without question Joe DiMaggio is the Goat! If not for playing in Yankee Stadium, he would have hit 700 hr's if he played as long as Mays

[@vernpascal1531]

@@researcher3981 It's relative you do realize Mays was going up against Koufax,Drysdale,Bunning,Veale etc. Not a load of Tobacco Chewing Hillbillies that weren't nearly as good some 20 years before. If Mays hit off those dudes and was not in Candlestick he would have hit 800 homers!

[@researcher3981]

Your showing some of your inherent inability, to look at and understand all the facts. Some people just don't have a cognative ability....much is to blame on the communists controlled Public School System, thus its not all your fault

[@researcher3981]

Mays was the best overall during his time, but he wasn't the best defensively, several were better, but they couldn't hit like Willie, with his power. Paul Blair (Baltimore) Mickey Stanley (Detroit) were better, and Curt Flood (St.Louis) was as good with the glove. Mantle didn't have the legs defensively, but hit as well with the power

[@dankaradave]

Willy Mays rules. He’s got good stories he tells.

[@jeffrod1788]

RIP Willie..the greatest of all time. ⚾️

[@justinadams831]

I always looked up to Willie Mays growing up. He inspired me to play travel baseball growing up, continued on to play highschool baseball 4 years on the varsity team. Truly a sad day in MLB community, RIP Willie Mays ❤️

[@LightandLove73tg]

To think he lived and did what he did, with so much positivity and fun. In the 1950's, which wasn't a very positive time to be African American. What an amazing ball player and all around man. You will be sorely missed. You know that you took a piece of the heart of baseball with you. ❤😢

[@darko714]

Greatest Of All Time

[@aaronwatson4495]

I was fortunate to watch Willie Mays 3000th hit in person. Sure wished I kept that ticket stub.

[@michaelschramm1064]

I was there too in Candlestick! Giants over the Expos 10-1. I was in the left field bleacher section with a friend, both of us age 10. We got a free ticket because of Willie’s milestone.

[@GaryDowney-sn4ep]

one of my idol's growing.He will be missed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dankaradave]

I walked to Scottsdale Stadium circa 1990 and no one but me came to this intersquad game. Sat down by myself and am watching batting practice and a reporter interviews him at the backstop, right in front of meand he had a very cool vibe.

[@DannyUrena-p7h]

as a True Mets Fan. Willie Mays is and always will b My Favorite Ball Player #,24

[@chrisbauman2562]

To play back in the day,dang that would've been an experience

[@davidfuller986]

Mays was one of a kind!

[@melmoland6686]

Aaron and Mays the two greatest players of all time! Models of consistency. I was privileged to watch them play as I grew up. Mays would certainly have hit as many hrs. If he didn't play at windy Clandel ice Stadium all those years. I loved Mantle but he was ruined by alcohol. Mays was like a kid when he played, such enthusiasm for the game. Fun to watch and imitate as a kid myself when I played. I would say that Mays was so talented and energized, Aaron never hit over 50 hrs. but was so consistent for so long and Mantle was so explosively fast and powerful.

[@larryloveless2967]

I recently read his 2010 biography by James Hirsch. It was excellent. I think it was called Wille Mays The Life the Legend.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Candlestick before it was enclosed was a different park. I never saw Seals Stadium, but it was a better park for baseball. Too bad Candlestick ever got built in the first place. It ended up being a better football stadium than one for baseball. Glad that Oracle got built eventually. Mays was great anywhere though.

[@spence4121]

This is a great compilation of Willie’s highlights! Could you possibly get more old-time players’ highlights? Love seeing all these old highlights

[@esportshighlights2457]

Thanks! I could make videos for other even older players, but I doubt I'll be able to find as many clips.

[@pablograssdestroyerofass6965]

RIP GOAT

[@bachandblues566]

Willie was a Natural Athlete I saw him play and got to play a little golf with him at San Geronimo in Marin County …

[@ephemeralcreek]

An elderly homeless person was walking around today downtown with his shopping cart and he was just repeating over and over that "Willie Mays past away today"...

[@joselopezmoya9786]

Imagine MAYS playing his career in parks likr WRIGLEY FIELD, and current parks like PHILADELPHIA, HOUSTON, ATLANTA, CINCINNATI, he would have hit over 800 hrs.

[@samjones3106]

9:45 I was at that game where he got 3000 hit. Everyone who had a ticket got free entrance to another game.

[@michaelschramm1064]

I was there! Giants over the Expos 10-1. I ended up wasting my ticket on a Cubs game where the Giants lost 15-1.

[@wenmoonson]

Later days, Willie Mays!

[@user-qb5nk7lx5r]

I was there for hit #3,000..Saturday afternoon game at Candlestick

[@michaelschramm1064]

Me too! Giants over the Expos 10-1. Remember how everyone attending received a free ticket to a future game?

[@Shane-fp3qw]

RIP ❤ What a legend ⚾️

[@adriangutierrez586]

RIP Willie Mays

[@IanKelly134]

R. I. P. Willie... You were a legend

[@ElBorichamo]

RIP WILLIE!!

[@sandy3482]

Just a-MAYS-ing , R I P Willie

[@craigborgardt6396]

What a player....and the days of stirrups and sanitary socks is long, long gone as are the best players MLB has ever had.

[@TylerHershey-ji9gz]

Forever memories

[@the3onions]

Rip Willie mays

[@seanmorrison3494]

The world lost great man and great 🎉player I don’t care what people say no on earth built like this guys dealt with daily basis specially as African American what we dealing with is nothing what they was dealing with and perform at high level I bet you he wasn’t highest paid player on his team at this time they use him to sale tickets for them but didn’t give him a piece every athlete should thank him and every player like him better yet black people should thank him period thank u Willie mays for everything you did for me and everyone like me Rest in paradise king

[@Yolopro669]

R.I.P.

[@terriroche664]

Say hey! to my dad your biggest fan! RIP🕊

[@coreyzapata]

Rest in Power, King.

[@bgfischer565]

the best.

[@lvg1237]

Rip what a legend

[@user-fn6lt2cn3o]

Fantastic. All around player i wish the mets wouldve hired him as a manger in 79 he wanted the job very astute baseball mind

[@Thebamtino24]

RIP Say Hey … Kid ❤

[@siobob1]

Amazing that Mays only won 1 World Championship, in 1954.

[@ldfreitas9437]

1965 Marichal lost his temper because Roseboro of the Dodgers threw the ball back to Koufax and nicked his ear. He gets suspended for a week, and the Dodgers win the pennant by one game. Same in 1966. I'm sure the Giants would have won the WS in both '65 and '66. In 1962, game 7 WS, that liner by McCovey, if it was a bit higher. Mays had a chance to hit a two run walk off homer when he got up, but he doubled, sending Matty Alou to third after his bunt. Then that liner to Richardson! 1-0 Yankees.

[@user-kr6km9id2h]

REST ON POWER MR WILLIE MAYS 😇🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🤎🤎🤎

[@RaoulStankovitch]

Lucky to have seen him when the paint on the handrails at Candlestick still had their drying odor that 1st year.... .those were the days....

[@clickity05productions2]

The fucking goat.

[@patrickobrien6407]

Rest in Peace 🕊️

[@dominickclaflin5295]

Hey dude, I made a Willie Mays video of my own and I have to say yours is a lot better than mine. Good job on this video👍

[@esportshighlights2457]

Just checked yours out and its great as well!!

[@dominickclaflin5295]

@@esportshighlights2457 thanks dude

[@POTATOSOOPS]

Rest in peace Willie