Mays was a 24-time All-Star and his iconic over-the-shoulder catch is still considered one of the greatest in the history of the game.
Willie Mays, the iconic baseball legend whose remarkable career spanned 22 seasons, has died, the San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday. He was 93.Mays 'passed away peacefully this afternoon,' the Giants said in a post to social media. 'All of Major League Baseball is in mourning today as we are gathered at the very ballpark where a career and a legacy like no other began,' Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Tuesday evening.
His career was interrupted in 1952 when he was drafted by the Army during the Korean War. He was assigned to Fort Eustice in Virginia, and spent most of his time playing on military baseball teams, according to the Society for American Baseball Research. He was discharged in March of 1954, and rejoined the Giants for what would become a championship season, in which he also won his first of two MVP awards.
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