Sweet 16: #1 Willie Mays vs #4 Alex Rodriguez
Posted: March 7 07, 7:45 pm
Willie Mays
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Alex Rodriguez
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StatsWillie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama outside nearby Birmingham) is a former star baseball player and an American icon. Mays, nicknamed The Say Hey Kid was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. During his playing days, Mays won two MVP awards and made twenty-four appearances in the All-Star Game.
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Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
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1951 20 NYG NL 121 464 59 127 22 5 20 68 7 4 57 60 .274 .356 .472 120 219 1 2 11 RoY-1
1952 21 NYG NL 34 127 17 30 2 4 4 23 4 1 16 17 .236 .326 .409 102 52 0 1 2
1954 23 NYG NL 151 565 119 195 33 13 41 110 8 5 66 57 .345 .411 .667 175 377 0 7 2 12 MVP-1,AS
1955 24 NYG NL 152 580 123 185 18 13 51 127 24 4 79 60 .319 .400 .659 176 382 0 7 13 4 12 MVP-4,AS
1956 25 NYG NL 152 578 101 171 27 8 36 84 40 10 68 65 .296 .369 .557 146 322 0 3 20 1 16 MVP-17,AS
1957 26 NYG NL 152 585 112 195 26 20 35 97 38 19 76 62 .333 .407 .626 173 366 0 6 15 1 14 MVP-4,AS
1958 27 SFG NL 152 600 121 208 33 11 29 96 31 6 78 56 .347 .419 .583 165 350 0 6 12 1 11 MVP-2,AS
1959 28 SFG NL 151 575 125 180 43 5 34 104 27 4 65 58 .313 .381 .583 155 335 0 6 9 2 11 MVP-6,AS
1960 29 SFG NL 153 595 107 190 29 12 29 103 25 10 61 70 .319 .381 .555 160 330 0 9 11 4 15 MVP-3,AS
1961 30 SFG NL 154 572 129 176 32 3 40 123 18 9 81 77 .308 .393 .584 160 334 0 4 15 2 14 MVP-6,AS
1962 31 SFG NL 162 621 130 189 36 5 49 141 18 2 78 85 .304 .384 .615 166 382 0 3 11 4 19 MVP-2,AS
1963 32 SFG NL 157 596 115 187 32 7 38 103 8 3 66 83 .314 .380 .582 175 347 0 7 5 2 15 MVP-5,AS
1964 33 SFG NL 157 578 121 171 21 9 47 111 19 5 82 72 .296 .383 .607 172 351 1 3 13 1 11 MVP-6,AS
1965 34 SFG NL 157 558 118 177 21 3 52 112 9 4 76 71 .317 .398 .645 185 360 2 2 16 0 11 MVP-1,AS
1966 35 SFG NL 152 552 99 159 29 4 37 103 5 1 70 81 .288 .368 .556 150 307 1 4 11 2 13 MVP-3,AS
1967 36 SFG NL 141 486 83 128 22 2 22 70 6 0 51 92 .263 .334 .453 125 220 2 3 7 2 12 AS
1968 37 SFG NL 148 498 84 144 20 5 23 79 12 6 67 81 .289 .372 .488 157 243 0 6 7 2 13 MVP-13,AS
1969 38 SFG NL 117 403 64 114 17 3 13 58 6 2 49 71 .283 .362 .437 125 176 0 4 7 3 8 AS
1970 39 SFG NL 139 478 94 139 15 2 28 83 5 0 79 90 .291 .390 .506 140 242 0 6 3 3 7 AS
1971 40 SFG NL 136 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 23 3 112 123 .271 .425 .482 160 201 1 4 11 3 8 MVP-19,AS
1972 41 TOT NL 88 244 35 61 11 1 8 22 4 5 60 48 .250 .400 .402 131 98 4 0 6 1 9 AS
SFG NL 19 49 8 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 17 5 .184 .394 .224 80 11 1 0 1 0 4
NYM NL 69 195 27 52 9 1 8 19 1 5 43 43 .267 .402 .446 145 87 3 0 5 1 5
1973 42 NYM NL 66 209 24 44 10 0 6 25 1 0 27 47 .211 .303 .344 81 72 1 1 0 1 7 AS
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22 Seasons 10881 3283 140 1903 103 1526 .302 .384 .557 156 13 91 192 44 251
2992 2062 523 660 338 1464 6066Alex Rodriguez
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StatsAlexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975, in Manhattan, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is an Dominican-American baseball player, widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the game.[1] He is the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, having played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners.
Since 1996 (his first full season) through 2006 he leads the major leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. Of all players in baseball history at age 30, he is first all-time in both HR and runs scored, 2nd in total bases and extra base hits, 3rd in RBI, and 4th in hits. In his career to that point, Rodriguez had more HR, more RBI, more runs scored, and more base hits than all-time leaders Hank Aaron (HR and RBI), Rickey Henderson (runs scored), and Pete Rose (hits) did prior to their 30th birthdays.
He has often been cited as the best all-around player currently in baseball, but his playing woes have also been much analyzed.[2] Rodriguez is also known for signing the richest contract in sports history, a 10-year, $252,000,000 deal.
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Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG *OPS+ TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
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1994 18 SEA AL 17 54 4 11 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 20 .204 .241 .204 16 11 1 1 0 0 0
1995 19 SEA AL 48 142 15 33 6 2 5 19 4 2 6 42 .232 .264 .408 70 58 1 0 0 0 0
1996 20 SEA AL 146 601 141 215 54 1 36 123 15 4 59 104 .358 .414 .631 160 379 6 7 1 4 15 SS,MVP-2,AS
1997 21 SEA AL 141 587 100 176 40 3 23 84 29 6 41 99 .300 .350 .496 119 291 4 1 1 5 14 AS
1998 22 SEA AL 161 686 123 213 35 5 42 124 46 13 45 121 .310 .360 .560 135 384 3 4 0 10 12 SS,MVP-9,AS
1999 23 SEA AL 129 502 110 143 25 0 42 111 21 7 56 109 .285 .357 .586 133 294 1 8 2 5 12 SS,MVP-15
2000 24 SEA AL 148 554 134 175 34 2 41 132 15 4 100 121 .316 .420 .606 167 336 0 11 5 7 10 SS,MVP-3,AS
2001 25 TEX AL 162 632 133 201 34 1 52 135 18 3 75 131 .318 .399 .622 164 393 0 9 6 16 17 SS,MVP-6,AS
2002 26 TEX AL 162 624 125 187 27 2 57 142 9 4 87 122 .300 .392 .623 152 389 0 4 12 10 14 SS,MVP-2,AS
2003 27 TEX AL 161 607 124 181 30 6 47 118 17 3 87 126 .298 .396 .600 148 364 0 6 10 15 16 SS,MVP-1,AS
2004 28 NYY AL 155 601 112 172 24 2 36 106 28 4 80 131 .286 .375 .512 133 308 0 7 6 10 18 MVP-14,AS
2005 29 NYY AL 162 605 124 194 29 1 48 130 21 6 91 139 .321 .421 .610 167 369 0 3 8 16 8 SS,MVP-1,AS
2006 30 NYY AL 154 572 113 166 26 1 35 121 15 4 90 139 .290 .392 .523 140 299 0 4 8 8 22 MVP-13,AS
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13 Seasons 6767 2067 26 1347 60 1404 .305 .386 .573 145 16 65 59 106 158
1746 1358 364 464 241 820 3875
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162 Game Avg 628 126 192 34 2 43 125 22 6 76 130 .305 .386 .573 145 360 1 6 5 10 15
Career High 162 686 141 215 54 6 57 142 46 13 100 139 .358 .421 .631 167 393 6 11 12 16 22