There are five tools to baseball:
Hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, arm strength, and fielding ability.
In the history of baseball there has only been one man to posses all five tools at an elite level.
His name was Willie Mays.
How many baseball players can you name with 12 gold gloves, 660 career home runs, a .303 career batting average, 338 steals, 3,283 career hits, and 24 All-Star selections?
If you can find me another man with accolades greater than that, I will sell you my soul.
Offensive numbers aside, Willie Mays might be the greatest defensive outfielder that ever lived. He made plays that would make Jim Edmonds look like a little-leaguer. His range was second to none. There was no such thing as a gap double when Willie Mays was out in center field, because he&n ...
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Say-Hey Kid: Why Willie Mays Is The Greatest Baseball Player Who Ever Lived
Posted: 8th March 2010 by Mike A in MLBComments Off on Say-Hey Kid: Why Willie Mays Is The Greatest Baseball Player Who Ever Lived