Willie Mays, a single of lots of largest baseball gamers to ever step foot on a baseball diamond, died at 93, Main League Baseball introduced Tuesday evening.

Mays had been dwelling in an assisted dwelling facility inside the Palo Alto, CA space, in accordance with the Giants.

“The Say Hey Child&#8221 was 24x MLB All-Star, 12x Gold Glove winner, Rookie of the Yr, and 2x NL MVP who patrolled the big Polo Grounds heart location for the New York Giants earlier than the workforce relocated to San Francisco inside the late-50s.

Mays was with the Giants group in between 1951-1952 and 1954-1974 (he served inside the U.S. navy and missed most of two seasons) &#8230 earlier than becoming a member of the NY Mets to finish his profession.

Willie retired on the finish of the 1973 season &#8230 ending with 660 dwelling runs, 3,293 hits, and a .302 batting widespread.

Mays was inducted into the Corridor of Fame in 1979 (his very first time on the poll) with just about 95% of the vote. The Giants and Mets have retired his 24 jersey.

“We’re heartbroken to study of the passing of Corridor of Famer Willie Mays, probably the most thrilling all-around gamers within the historical past of our sport. Mays was a two-time MVP, 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,&#8221 Main League Baseball wrote on X.

“In commemoration of ‘The Catch’ as maybe essentially the most well-known play within the historical past of the Fall Traditional, the World Collection MVP Award was named in his honor in 2017.  Mays was 93 years previous.&#8221

After all, “The Catch&#8221 &#8212 from sport 1 of the 1954 World Collection &#8212 is amongst the most effectively-identified performs in American sports activities historical previous &#8230 and fully encapsulated Mays as a participant. There was practically nothing he could not do. He was the definition of a 5 instrument participant.

Lengthy immediately after his unmatched taking element in profession, Mays, Barry Bonds&#8216 godfather, served as most likely the most outstanding ambassadors of the sport of baseball.

Maybe the SF Giants place it greatest, writing &#8230 “There’ll by no means be one other fairly like Willie Mays.&#8221