Baseball legend Willie Mays began his career in Alabama. Adept at the plate and in the field, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro Leagues before signing with the New York Giants in 1950. Mays went on to dominate the major leagues, with a .302 career batting average, 3,283 hits, and 660 home runs. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Willie Mays
Courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives. Courtesy of Faye Davis.
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