All time baseball great Willie Mays has passed at 93. Nicknamed 'the Say Hey Kid', he was the last great player to bridge the Negro Leagues with Major League Baseball (that Jackie Robinson was pioneering.) Despite military service causing him to miss most of two seasons, he was on 24 All Star teams, and remains on all time lists for RBIs, runs scored, games played, homeruns, and scores of other records including single season leader for homeruns and stolen bases. He won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves for fielding highlighted by a famous over-the-shoulder catch in the outfield. He won two Most Valuable Player Awards and one World Series championship. For nearly his entire career, he was a Giants player from New York through their move to San Francisco. A first ballot Hall of Famer, he was synonymous with baseball at its very best.
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