1951 — Willie Mays, a highly touted rookie for the Giants, went 0-for-5 in his debut against the Philadelphia Phillies. 1982 ...

Baseball introduced interleague play in 1997, and it took until 2003 for the Twins to take on the San Francisco Giants. The series was played at the start of June in what was then named Pac Bell Park, ...

NEW YORK — Willie Mays didn’t just shine under the lights of New York City. He made them brighter. Mays dominated MLB with the New York Giants for six seasons in his early 20s, cementing ...

Willie Mays’ son wants people to remember his father’s Mets tenure a little differently. When the Mets acquired the all-time baseball great in May of 1972, Mays was 41 years old and more than ...

Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage.

Among students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s greatest all-around player. That might come as a surprise to those who are casual fans ...

Willie Mays, a perennial all-star center fielder for the New York and San Francisco Giants in the 1950s and ’60s whose powerful bat, superb athletic grace and crafty baseball acumen earned him a ...

The Issue: The passing of legendary San Francisco Giants’ center fielder Willie Mays. Sadly, Willie Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants have confirmed Mays’ death (“Say goodbye to ...

Willie Mays opened his big-league career with a confidence-rattling 0-for-12 stretch before finally blasting a home run off Warren Spahn early in 1951. “I’ll never forgive myself,’’ Spahn ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Hundreds of Giants fans came out to Oracle Park Thursday to honor Willie Mays and watch a special showing the Rickwood Field game in Birmingham. All around the stadium were ...

Willie Mays could run, hit, field and throw and did all of it with the flair of a master showman. The “Say Hey Kid” may have tormented opponents, but he played with a smile that retained its ...

A gorgeous sunset served as a backdrop to the Wrigley Field video board Tuesday night during the announcement of the death of baseball icon Willie Mays. It was the sixth inning of a game between ...