# RIP Willie Mays (1931-2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [June 19, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mays-1931-2024/1003032 "2024-06-19T01:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mays-1931-2024/1003032/38 "2024-06-19T19:45:39Z")
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?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-mays-since-his-playing-days-was-or-is-anyone-better-or-who-comes-closest/1003064): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-willie-mays-1931-2024/1003032)._