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You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

4/5 ( ratings)

Many believe baseball great Willie Mays to be the best player that ever lived. He hit 660 home runs , had a lifetime batting average of .302, and is second only to Babe Ruth on The Sporting News's list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."

In Jonah Winter and Terry Widener's fascinating picture book biography, young readers can follow Mays's unparalleled career from growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, to playing awe-inspiring ball in the Negro Leagues and then the Majors, where he was center fielder for the New York Giants. Complete with sidebars filled with stats, here is a book for all baseball lovers, young and old.

"The Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book." —Booklist, Starred

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Release: January 08, 2013

ISBN: 0375868445

ISBN 13: 9780375868443

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

4/5 ( ratings)

Many believe baseball great Willie Mays to be the best player that ever lived. He hit 660 home runs , had a lifetime batting average of .302, and is second only to Babe Ruth on The Sporting News's list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players."

In Jonah Winter and Terry Widener's fascinating picture book biography, young readers can follow Mays's unparalleled career from growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, to playing awe-inspiring ball in the Negro Leagues and then the Majors, where he was center fielder for the New York Giants. Complete with sidebars filled with stats, here is a book for all baseball lovers, young and old.

"The Say Hey Kid had style to spare, and so does this irrepressible book." —Booklist, Starred

Language: English

Pages: 40

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Release: January 08, 2013

ISBN: 0375868445

ISBN 13: 9780375868443

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