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Name	Team	Age
Willie Mays	Retired (1957, Age 36)	Died (2000, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 49 (1950)	LF	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors)	0	0 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C+	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C	C
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	10/24/1921
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
C+ (48.4 %)	D+ (22.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Majors

0.00

0 / 8

0 / 8

3 / 6

1 / 12

2 / 11

2 / 13

0 / 8

8 / 0

1951

Majors

0.00

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 11

1 / 11

1 / 6

0 / 8

2 / 0

1952

Majors

0.00

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 8

1 / 0

1953

Majors

0.00

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 0

1954

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 0

1955

Majors

0.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

1956

Majors

0.00

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

1957

Majors

0.00

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

Total

0

0

0

0 / 45

0 / 41

4 / 48

1 / 45

4 / 53

3 / 53

0 / 42

12 / 327

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1957-11-01	Willie Mays has retired from the Cleveland Zephyrs
1954-04-06	A trade has been completed between the Detroit Zephyrs and the Pittsburgh Barnstormers. The Pittsburgh Barnstormers receive Bill Holley, Chris Green, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Zephyrs in exchange for Willie Mays.
1950-04-04	The New York Barnstormers have renamed Frank Small to Willie Mays.