RIP Willie Mays (1931-2024)

[Bullitt]

Was anyone better than Willie Mays? I just opened a thread for that.

Willie Mays: since his playing days, was or is anyone better? Or who comes closest?

Willie Mays was an excellent 5-tool player: he excelled at hitting for batting average, hitting for power, running, fielding, and throwing. A first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee, his credentials rate him as one of the all-time greats. Some would even say he was the greatest, but I don’t want to argue that in this thread. That’s for another thread. As @RickJay put it in the other Willie Mays thread, I don’t think anyone has been better. You’re welcome to disagree. But for this thread my questio…