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Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend
by Hirsch, James S
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- as new/as new
- ISBN 10
- 1416547908
- ISBN 13
- 9781416547907
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2010. First Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. as new/as new. 628 pages, illus., statistics, notes, bibliography, index. Authorized by Willie Mays. Signed by the author on the title page. The life and career of the great center fielder. 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.Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and shares the record of most All-Star Games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial. Ted Williams said, "They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays." Mays ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement. He also won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957 when the award was introduced.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72072
- Title
- Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend
- Author
- Hirsch, James S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1416547908
- ISBN 13
- 9781416547907
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Willie Mays, Baseball, Center Fielders, Negro Leagues, Civil Rights, World Series, New York Giants, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants
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