Willie Mays :

Linge, Mary Kay

Willie Mays : a biography / Mary Kay Linge - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005 - xxii, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm - Baseball's all-time greatest hitters .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index

Introduction -- Childhood -- Learning the game -- Coming up, 1950-1951 -- The big leagues, 1951 -- The army, 1952-1953 -- The championship season, 1954 -- New York life, 1955-1957 -- San Francisco, 1958-1960 -- Cheers by the Bay, 1961-1962 -- Captain Mays, 1963-1964 -- The veteran years, 1965-1971 -- Back to New York, 1972-1973 -- Full circle -- The legend of Willie Mays -- Appendix: Willie Mays' career and post-season statistics

The life and career of one of baseball's greatest hitters

0313334013 (alk. paper)

2005017408


Mays, Willie, 1931-


Baseball players--United States--Biography

GV865.M38 / L47 2005

796.357/092 B