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2024
Willie Mays Obituary
Willie Mays was a legendary MLB outfielder who played most of his career for the New York/San Francisco Giants. He was often called the greatest baseball player of all time.
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117 Entries
William Scott
June 1, 2025
This photo is from the 1961 All-Star Game in San Francisco, three Legends of the game, Willie Mays was the greatest all around player of all time. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to see him play.
Laurelynn Laderoute
January 28, 2025
I just read about Willie´s death....I am saddened by this loss! I remember his visits to our home at Gunn, the laughter and fun we had with him and his family.
Leslie Kowalski
January 19, 2025
Baseball will Always be A classic game because of Willie..Being A giant fan i watched him for years..His Character and being The Greatest basebal´ player of all time ..Thanks willie for all the Memories..You will Always be Remembered as a Great Man in Every way..Les
Tiffany Chanel
January 17, 2025
he is my great grandmother janie ruth mays 1st or 2nd cousin..
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JOE PICKENS II
September 30, 2024
GREATNESS PERSONIFIED. RIP.
Wayne Shepard
July 29, 2024
He was, and is, my hero. I wear the number 24 on my liscense plate. Rest is Peace "Say Hey"
Charles F Murphy
July 22, 2024
My first hero in life!
Worked basket catch and the batting style like him; but clearly it ended there! RIP to the best ever! CFM- Long Island NY.
DE
July 9, 2024
My deepest sympathy is with the May´s family and friends.
Bob Baker
July 8, 2024
Willie inspired me to play baseball growing up. His leadership and talent set the path for me to follow.
David Gorman
July 8, 2024
God Bless Willie Mays
Tanya Broussard
July 7, 2024
I was one of the youngsters who waited for Willie after home games in the 1960's in the Candlestick Park parking lot to talk and laugh with him. I loved watching him swing and run, and the people in the bleachers all smiled at the little girl yelling "Yay Willie! Go, go, go! " I loved his bright smile and how nice he was to us kids crowding around his car. Fondest memories. I wish I reached out earlier. Not goodbye, I hold you as a childhood memory.
Zanetta Motley
July 7, 2024
R.I.P. Uncle Willie.. Our Say Hey Kid of this family. I am your Sister Juanita Freeman's oldest daughter. Your niece in Albany NY, Zanetta Motley. I remember our wonderful family reunions in Birmingham Alabama. Love you Uncle Willie.. Continue to S.I.P. with your Siblings up there.
Edward Louie
July 3, 2024
Thank you for your generosity with the fans. You will be sorely missed at the ballpark.
Bradford Wm Yules, Esq
July 2, 2024
GREATEST ever. Honor and joy to have grown up at Candlestick Park during His career. Eternal thanks to one of the game’s true gentlemen.
Sylvester j. briscoe
July 2, 2024
RestInPeace #24
SHADI MUHAMMAD
July 1, 2024
MY BROTHA , I LOVED UR STYLE OF PLAYED, ALWAYS ADMIRED U, I PLAYED THA GAME ALSO , IT WAZ A LONG FLY BALL 2 CENTER FIELD, THAT WAZ MY 1ST BASKET CATCH , I WAZ 12 YRS OLD , LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, NJ
REST N POWER MY
G.O.A.T.
Christine McMahon
June 30, 2024
My uncle Nick Geracimos loved you like a brother. He was so blessed with your friendship. Of course he loved selling you your new car each time too. lol you were the greatest baseball player to ever have played and may you see Uncle Nick soon in heaven. God rest your soul. May your family remember all of your cherished moments together. God Bless you all!!
Stanley Ford
June 29, 2024
As a boy growing up, baseball played in the local fields with friends, we all had our hero´s that we mimicked and of course Mr May´s name was at or near the top of all of our legends to imitate! Rest in Heaven "Say hey kid!
Vivian Smith
June 29, 2024
So sorry to hear of your death you will be missed. Vivian Mays Smith
Richard Grayson
June 28, 2024
Willie Mays--Thank you for inspiring generations of baseball fans. You were and still are the BEST.
Richard Grayson
Dennis Morgan
June 28, 2024
When I was a little boy in Norfolk,Va..I asked my mother to buy a box Post Raisin Brand Cereal.It had a cutout baseball card of Willie Mays on the back of the box.I did not eat the cereal,but was so happy to have that card.He was the greatest ballplayer ever.Their is no doubt in my mind that if he had not lost two years serving his country,he would have broken Babe Ruth's home run record.You were The Greatest Ballplayer Ever.My you Rest In Peace now with God and his angels.My condolences to The Willie Mays family and all Giant and baseball fans everywhere.
Robert Williams
June 27, 2024
Thank you for playing the game like you did and opening up doors for kids like me. I did not get to the big leagues due to an injury but I became the highest d1 Batting Average hitter in NCAA history for 4-year at .450
Paul Buckley
June 27, 2024
As long as baseball is played, Willie will be remembered. The greatest ballplayer who ever lived and an even better human being. Thank you Mr. Mays - it was an honor to watch you play
Donna James
June 27, 2024
Thanks for your work you did for Baseball and you will be missed.
Rest in peace Mr Mays-24.
Joseph Randolph
June 27, 2024
Willie was the GOAT
in MLB , REST IN PARADISE!
Reynolds Hawkins
June 27, 2024
Watching TV 1970 and seeing in center field and being captivated by the sports announcers talked about him with such high regards
Dan Scherschel
June 26, 2024
Willie Mays was a GIANT of a human being. The greatest baseball player in the history of MLB!
Mark Lloyd
June 26, 2024
Thank you for the memories.
You are the GOAT
I mimic you as a kid with your famous basket catches.
RIP my hero
Scott Dwyer
June 26, 2024
The greatest ever
Herman Rainey
June 26, 2024
Thank u Mr Mays for playing the game right giving back to your community....
Clement Cowan
June 26, 2024
I pray for Willie Mays family and all of MLB
GySgt Andrew J. Svaby Sr. USMCR (ret.)
June 26, 2024
Received a baseball, autographed by him at Cooperstown,NY, through Monte Irwin and Joe Reichler on August 9,1971 inside the Hotel Otesaga! I was my late Dad snd Curt Simmon's nephew! Among the many admirers of it were Bill Veeck and Satchel Paige, who was inducted the day before! R.I.P.!
ira berlow
June 26, 2024
Rip in Willie you were the greatest player of all time. i was lucky to have seen you play ira B
Rev. James L. Clemons, Jr
June 26, 2024
There is only one word to say about The Say Hey Kid...Thanks. You are the epitome of what a true star should be. You didn't allow your celebrity status interfere with your humanity. From your arrival on this planet, you made a difference. Even unto this very moment, you are still changing lives. To the Mays family: Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. "Batting third, in centerfield, Number 24, Willie Mays!"....God has a lineup! God bless! Rev. James L. Clemons, Jr.
Evelyn McMillian
June 25, 2024
Great baseball player to watch as he played the game
Samuel Hatter
June 25, 2024
MY HERO WILLIE MAY I WENT HERE. BEFORE WILLIE MAY DIED I WENT FOR SF VS YANKESS ON MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY I PRAY SEND MY LOVE TO WILLOE MAY FAMILY
Katie Harp
June 25, 2024
I lost a piece of my childhood with the passing of my idol. I went to Dodger-Giant games to watch Willie and listen to Vin Scully call the game. Bet those two are having a great visit. Thank you Mr. Mays for being my only baseball hero. Bless you.
Anthony Mays
June 25, 2024
Greatest of all time.
ron friedman
June 25, 2024
Apparently, Tom Seaver worshipped Willie. He would button his shirt the same as Willie. In '73 at the start of a game Seaver was scheduled to pitch, Willie asked Seaver how he was going to pitch to each of the opposing batters. Seaver asked why? Willie replied that if he know how Tom was going to pitch each batter, then he could position himslf properly in center field. Anothr example of Willie's baseball intelligence.
JENNIFER
June 25, 2024
THERE ARE NO WORLDS THAT ANYONE COULD SAY AT THIS TIME, YET WILLIE MAYS WAS A LEGENDARY MLB OUTFIELDER WHO PLAYED MOSTY OF HIS CAREER FOR THE NEW YORK/SAN FRANICSO GIARYNTS. HE WAS OFTEN CALLED THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME. AS WE ARE ALL CELEBRATING HIS LIFE OF EXTRAORDINAY MLB TALENTED WILLIE MAYS, ALONG MOURNING THE LOSS OF HIM AND HE WII TRULY NEVER BE MISSED, YET NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
WILLIE MAYS HAS ACCOMPLISH ALOT IN THE MALOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, HERE IS A LIST OF HIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS THAT HE DID WHILE PLAYING BASEBALL.
HE BATTED: RIGHT, THREW: RIGHT, MADE HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT IN TO TEAMS IN DIFFEREN'T ON MAY 25, 1948, MAY 25, 1951, YEARS, A LONG MADE HIS LAST NL APPEARANCE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1973, A LONG WITH HIS STATISTICS IN MLB, TEAMS, AS HIS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS & AS MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL AND INDUCTED OF HALL FAME IN 1979.
MAY THEIR SOULS
AND THE SOULS OF ALL THE
FAITHFUL DEPATED
THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD
REST IN PEACE.
AMEN.
IN VERDANT PASTURES HE GIVES ME REPOSE;
BESIDE RESTFUL WATERS HE LEADS ME;
HE REFRESHES MY SOUL.
ONLY GOODNESS AND KINDNESS FOLLOW ME
ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE;
AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
FOR YEARS TO COME.
WE ALL KNOW THAT HE IS IN A GOOD PLACE NOW, HAS REUNITED WITH THE BASEBALL PLAERS THAT HE PLAYED WITH,
MY THOUGHTS, PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.
RIP ETNERAL KEEP ON PLAYING BALL.
Jennifer
June 25, 2024
Moses Mays II
June 25, 2024
Just remembering watching you as a kid in Birmingham , Alabama summer baseball, you to a bunch of us kids "hard work pays off "
Barry Margulies
June 25, 2024
Barry Margulies
June 25, 2024
Christy Carmichael
June 24, 2024
I grew up in the Bay Area watching him play in 1959, 60, 61 and many more. The year they won the Pennant! I’ll never forget. I was a crazy Giants fan at 9-12 years old, kept a scrap book, got his autograph. What more can I say. My whole family were and still are diehard Giant fans. No matter where I lived I followed them mainly because of my love for Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, thee Alou Brothers, Juan Marishall, need I go on? God Bless him so. He has no idea how or who or when he touched and seeped into our lives. Thank God I was alive the same time he was.
David Hubbard
June 24, 2024
I was only 8 when he came to the Mets. I couldn't really remember '69. The Mets were structured around pitching and defense, and had never really had a great offensive player. I loved Tom Seaver, but Willie was different. He wasn't merely a great player, he was baseball royalty. I read a paperback autobiography of his life, with a little piece added at the end of him coming to Mets and hitting the game winning HR in his first game. I was so proud he wore a Mets uniform. I also saw for the first time that even the great ones get old and father time is undefeated. It was crushing to me as a 10 year old that the Mets could come so far, against incalcuable odds, only to lose the last two games of the WS. I learned that baseball can really break your heart, and you have to have thick skin. However, it still breaks my heart that they couldn't get Willie another ring as he retired.
Eddie Penny
June 24, 2024
We are deeply saddened in the passing of Mr. Willie Mays.
Mr. Mays was a graduate of Fairfield Industrial High School where he starred in football and basketball. His baseball journey started in the Fairfield Industrial League. He graduated from Fairfield Industrial High School and joined the Birmingham Black Barons.
Willie Mays Park in Fairfield is the home for many little league baseball teams.
He grew up on 57th street and enjoyed the neighborhood streets with his friends.
We are thankful for his legacy in Fairfield.
Fairfield Mayor Eddie Penny
RB
June 24, 2024
The best baseball player of all times, truly a legend in every sense. Sincere condolences to the Mays family, so very sorry for your. May God be with you all.
E R
June 24, 2024
Sending condolences to the Mays´s family and friends during this difficult time. May Almighty God comfort you and give you all the strength to cope with the grief and sorrow, that you will be dealing with in the coming days, months, and days. I hope the fond memories of your dear loved one always be cherished. One of the greatest player of all times Mr.Mays
Wesley ARMSTRONG
June 24, 2024
My condolences go out to the May's Listening to Vince Scully call a Dodger and giant game and give the history of Willie mays was just wonderful rest in peace say Hey
Justin Cantor
June 24, 2024
Rest in peace "THE SAY HEY KID" what a life long memory you've left of the game. May you be in peace with all the baseball gods up in heaven. I am happy that the New York Mets Retired your number. You are a hero. A icon of the game and In the negro league too.
Philip Mangerino
June 24, 2024
Around 1974 I saw him in an Italian restaurant in NYC sitting at the bar with a friend I was on a date with a model I was in inawe I grew up in Harlem he was my idol I told go sit I would be right back talked to him about an half needless to say it was my last date with her but it was all worth it
Bill Dillon
June 24, 2024
I’m 64 years old and Willie was my hero growing up. Not only was he the Greatest Baseball player ever He was a better person!
Ronald Friedman
June 24, 2024
I was at a Giants/Mets game at Shea. Willie hit a line drive home run a few feet over my head. It was a rocket.
Harry Simpson
June 24, 2024
Godspeed Willie, a long life well lived, and wonderful, wonderful long ago baseball memories. Great player. Forever "The Say Hey Kid". Thank you Willie, and unforgettable.
Rest Willie, until you hear at dawn, the low, clear reveille of God. Thank you for your service to this nation. U.S. Army.
GARY MINTZ
June 24, 2024
There are no appropriate words other than if you saw him play he was the greatest there was and greatest that there will ever be. #24 forever! Condolences to his family.
Dennis Wolfley
June 24, 2024
Because of you there is baseball in my life.
Rich Schwartz
June 24, 2024
As long as he was alive, we were still kids.
Jeff Cohen
June 24, 2024
I was all of 10 years old when the NY Mets acquired Willie Mays. In his Mets debut, my dad and granddad took me to Shea Stadium for the sole purpose to say that I got to see Willie Mays play. Willie hit a HR that day to win the game.
Thanks for the memories Willie. May your memory be for a Blessing.
Reynolds Hawkins
June 23, 2024
My childhood hero.. May God place you on his throne cabinet where you deserve..
Thank you for showing me what a Black sport superstar looks like.
Bill Klink
June 23, 2024
Willie is as close to royalty as we have in baseball or anywhere in the United States...even those with a passing knowledge or interest in the game recognize his name. My greatest memory of him was seeing him tag a Jim Farrell fastball in the 9th inning on the last day of the 1962 season to send the Giants into the playoffs --ball travelled further into the left field pavilion than any HR I ever saw at Candlestick. Seeing it with my Dad made it extra special. Dad stood in line after the game to get tickets for the first playoff game---saw Willie help Billy Piece win game one of the playoffs Monday afternoon, October 1, 1962. What a thrilling weekend thanks to Willie!
Merinda Patterson
June 23, 2024
The best ball player the world has ever known R.I.P.
Jennifer Blus
June 23, 2024
We will miss you.Rest in peace. Your friend Jennifer
faith/brad tobin/herscot
June 23, 2024
Dear Mays's Family my beau Brad and I express our condolences's to the Mays's Family.may he rest in peace and he'll surely be missed very much.best faith/brad
Rene Vargas, Jr.
June 23, 2024
Willie was an East Coast, West Coast icon. I watched him play as a SF Giant and as a NY Met. His knowledge of the game was amazing, and he could beat you in many ways. He was exciting and fun to watch. He was like a kid playing a man´s game. It was easy to love the guy. Simply put he´s The G.O.A.T.
Rick Ajootian
June 23, 2024
Willie, thank you for a lifetime of enjoyment watching you from the earliest days at Seal Stadium, Candlestick Park, Palm Springs, Bakersfield Ca when you played a spring training game against Cleveland. To the times at the golf course. You were my idol, my friend. Each hand shake with those big hands, contagious smile and happiness in your heart. I will miss you my friend. RIP Willie!
Eddie Logan Jr
June 23, 2024
I was in the batting circle with him as his batboy at the Polo Grounds for the whole 1957 season. Eddie Logan Jr.
Bob Weinstein
June 23, 2024
I had the honor of being the Giants batboy (1954-1956. Most home games Willie asked me have a warm up catch with him. Also I had a great view of the " The Catch" from the dugout
Dennis Loff
June 23, 2024
The greatest athlete of all time. The greatest entertainer of all time. My favorite person in my life.
Jim Weber
June 23, 2024
I watched #24 play at Candlestick many times. Seeing Willie play was an experience beyond any kids' belief or imagination
I attended one night game and watched the dense fog roll in from The Bay while the game moved along. We knew we were safe because Willie was in center field even though you could not see him through the fog.
Jim Weber
Julian
June 23, 2024
Baseball is a team sport. However, some players make it exciting to watch! Willie Mays was one of a few players that captured the audience attention. What he did for baseball, is what Muhammad Ali did for boxing, what Michael Jordan did for basketball, what Tiger Woods did for golf and what Jim Brown did for football. Rest in peace.
Paul Ellis-Graham
June 23, 2024
I was 9 years old living in Pittsfield, MA when the Giants beat the Dodgers in the playoffs. From that moment on, I became a Giants fan because I loved the way Willie played the game. When I joined the NY Giants Baseball Preservation Society back in 2010, I finally got to shake his hand (which was huge!).
Willie was the greatest ballplayer I ever saw, an outstanding ambassador of baseball, and a fine role model both on and off the field.
My close friend, colleague, and fellow member of the NYGBPS, Tom Dames, also shared a love for Willie and the NY Giants. He ranked shaking Willie's hand right along side that of shaking hands with Pope Francis in Italy.
We loved Willie. Condolences to Michael, his family, and all of Willie's fans across the globe.
Kimberli Garetson
June 23, 2024
Willie Mays will be missed beyond measure. My Mom and Dad were huge San Francisco Giant fans, largely due to Willie Mays! I sit here thinking how amazing it has been to live in the exact time a true legend lived! Thank you Sir, for not only being the absolute best in professional baseball, but being a beautiful person who loved your fans, as we love you!
Lyle Pirnie
June 23, 2024
Thanks, Willie, for making my childhood complete. There was no bigger pleasure in my young life than watching you play in the Polo Grounds. Rest in Peace.
William Carron
June 23, 2024
Willie Mays was a marvelous athlete who loved the game of baseball. He played the game because of his passion and not just for the money.
William Carron
William (Kir'bay) McClain
June 23, 2024
Willie Howard Mays Jr
I was born the year after he began his iconic Major League career. When I was old enough to play baseball....I was always "Willie Mays". Yep. Me and Willie....we were the same cat. My baseball hero. I found a used baseball glove at a flea market. It was an imitation Willie Mays glove. His name engraved in the leather. To me, it was like finding plutonium or a pot of gold or....something. I still have it. I plan on taking it to Heaven so he can autograph it for me.
Forever Rest in Heavenly Peace Mr Mays. ❤
p.s. (he wasn't the perfect ballplayer.......but he was daaamn close) And you can bet your "Say Hey" on that.
Jack Andrews
June 23, 2024
In 1968 my Dad passed away. I was 14 years old. Willie was our connection. Going to games at Candlestick together watching the my hero, the greatest player I had ever seen. I always looked at Willie as the father I lost. Now I have lost Willie. Thank you for such great memories and giving a young boy hope and someone to look up to
Stephen Smith Sr
June 23, 2024
Willie Mays was simply the greatest baseball player I ever saw, and my favorite sports figure of all time. I had the pleasure of watching him play for 3 decades. May he rest in peace and power.
Larry Martin
June 23, 2024
Thank you for being my first sports hero. I enjoyed watching you. Thank you for the memories. May God be pleased with you.
Jon Dale
June 23, 2024
I read a book about Willie Mays when I was young and his work ethic was ingrained into me. I tried my best at everything in life and still do. He was kind and generous too! I feel an empty place in my heart. He was the greatest ever!
Daniel T Gray
June 22, 2024
Back in the day , Willie Mays was my man, because his hitting , speed as a runner, and the defense that he played , I know he would have been broke the home run record if he didn´t have to serve in the military
Otis Millbrook Jr.
June 22, 2024
Thanks for the memories: We are going to Miss you - Willie Mays - (1931-2024). I grew up watching and enjoying this man play baseball when father and I use to travel from the Central Valley of California to San Francisco, during the late 1950's throughout the 1960's. https://youtu.be/2YgRLuvfblg?si=r4ArteOKijTYGGAq
Ronnie Pritchett
June 22, 2024
He is the greatest athlete of all time ,my favorite pro athlete of all time. Been and always be number one. Love Willie Mays ❤
Ethel Wilson
June 22, 2024
Remembering Willie. From Ethel Wilson age 92.
Greg Hubbard
June 22, 2024
Growing up on the north side of Golden Gate Bridge, I saw my 1st Giants game in person when 9 years old. I was so excited to see Mays and McCovey, as Mays was my childhood hero! I recalled a game in 1969 at Candlestick when Mays hit a two-out walk-off game-winning HR in 9th to break up Astros no-hitter and shutout, as Giants won 1-0. On the flip side, in 1968 or 1969 when I followed a game on my transistor and listening to Mays striking out for 4th time in the game. I felt so sad for Mays and it taught me a lesson in life that even the best people in life are prone to failing or having very bad games. I love you, Willie! Thanks for the joys you brought to my childhood life when I was going through difficult times at home.
Bill Scudder
June 22, 2024
Every time a fly ball is caught for an out by the Giant´s or visitor´s center fielder at Oracle Park, everyone in the ballpark should yell out "Willie, Willie, Willie!"
Steven Rothschild
June 22, 2024
Seeing him at the polo grounds when I was eight
Stephanie Dibrell
June 22, 2024
I remember, as a young girl, Willie would come to visit the family and we would play softball baseball in the street. He had bats and balls in his trunk of his car. He'd open the trunk and let us partake of whatever he had. He then would sit on the curb and laugh and watch us play.
Jess Rubenstein
June 22, 2024
As a kid growing up in Jackson Heights I was lucky enough to have gotten to watch Willie Mays as a member of the Mets. I am grateful for those memories. Rest now Willie Heaven got itself the greatest center fielder of all time
Jim Wild
June 22, 2024
Was a devout fan for years. My Father took me to Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia to see him play many times. I was present at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium for his last game there as a Met. The game’s greatest all around player without doubt.
Robert Delgado
June 21, 2024
1965 Candlestick Park waiting at the players parking lot and waving to him as he drove out in his pink Cadillac
Robert Shoemaker
June 21, 2024
Good bye to the Greatest of All Time!
Clara Wise
June 21, 2024
To family Willie Mays. He was great and great great baseball of the world. I´m praying for family comfort and love
Michael
June 21, 2024
Saw him at Belle Vista restaurant on skyline (Hwy 35) ,... as a kid,.... Pop said let him enjoy his meal,......willie smiled as he got up with a polite nod ..... I never made it to "THE STICK" for a game , but knew later on in life,..... He was more than special ! ! ! ! .............................." SAY HEY "
Patricia Solomon
June 21, 2024
Patricia Solomon met willie mays with me david solomon on a baseball exhibition in miss. a few years, ago we loved meeting willie mays, so polite nice and classy treated us so so nice, and stayed late to sign his autograph on one of his baseball , we both were touched by this man, we miss willy mays already , not anyone had the class and respect to all his fans for many many years, he will be sorely missed by the world.
David Solomon
June 21, 2024
Willie mays was the greatest ballplayer ever , the kindest and the greatest human beings ever.
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