He currently has 644, 16 behind Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time list.
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The names above him require no introduction: Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds rarified territory.
Most importantly, we also saw the profound influence of Willie Mays on both Barry and Bobby Bonds.
We cannot tell you a lot about Willie Mays or Stan Musial except how they played ball.
He is only 13 dingers short of the first one, 660, which is the career total of Willie Mays.
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However, the most absurdly priced athlete at the 31st National Sports Collectors Convention was undoubtedly baseball immortal Willie Mays.
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In his brief legal career, he represented a few athletes, including Willie Mays.
It's the kind of argument that will never be settled, like who was a better ballplayer, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
Last year, after all the confetti had been cleaned up and the players had gone home, Willie Mays took the trophy back to the site of the old Polo Grounds in New York.
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He remained extremely disciplined in interviews, telling the stories about how he didn't want to grow up to be President, he wanted to be Willie Mays, keeping his famous temper in check, turning the other cheek.
That honor (probably) goes to Willie Mays.
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Yet, these teams performed well relative to their resources, and along with the New York Giants, led the way through the late 1940s and early 1950s in the racial integration of baseball with legendary names Robinson, Larry Doby, Willie Mays, and others.
The slugging decades of the 1950s, '60s, '90s and 2000s show that a host of players--Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Harmon Killebrew, Bonds, McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro--come in lower in relative terms than their lifetime home run totals suggest.
After the color line broke in baseball, when there was still chiding by the fans and some players and there were already black stars like Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks, the black players were often isolated socially.
Far from the rough gem that the young Ruth offered an unsuspecting baseball world, Bonds was born and raised to play the game by a father who was a big-league star (the late Bobby Bonds), a godfather who was an icon (Willie Mays) and a string of talented coaches.
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