SportsCentury

No. 8 -- Willie Mays (1x52)

: 10, 1999

Willie Mays, nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", was an American baseball center fielder, who spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants. He is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.