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“If somebody came up and hit .450, stole 100 bases and performed a miracle in the field every day I’d still look you in the eye and say Willie was better. He could do the five things you have to do to be a superstar: hit, hit with power, run, throw, and field. And he had that other magic ingredient that turns a superstar into a super superstar. He lit up the room. He was a joy to be around,” said Hall of Famer Leo Durocher of Willie Mays.

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The Hall of Famer is the subject of the forthcoming “Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,” the first time he has cooperated with a biographer.

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Many contemporary players and writers agree with Leo Durocher’s assessment of Willie Mays as the best all-around player in baseball history. Mike Lupica, longtime columnist for the New York Daily News, quoted the late Boston columnist George Frazier on the combination and star power of an athlete such as Mays. “That guy has some Willie Mays in him, the same way you used to say this singer or that had some Elvis in him.”

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Read about the life of Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" who thrilled fans throughout an amazing 22-year Major League Baseball career, at Biography.com.

Career: 660 HR (5th), .302 BA, 1903 RBI (11th), CF, HOF in 1979, 2xMVP, 1951 NL RoY, 24xAllStar, 12xGG, Giants/Mets 1951-1973, b:R/t:R, 4x HR Leader

Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility.