Willie Mays made his Major League debut on May 25, 1951, with the New York Giants in Philadelphia; he went 0-for-5 and reached on an error. In fact, in three games in Philadelphia, he went 0-for-12 and reached base just three times. It wasn’t until his fourth Major League game, May 28, 1951, against the Boston Braves on the Polo Grounds in New York, that Mays got the first of his 3,283 career hits and first of 660 career home runs – all in one swing.
Mick Gillispie told the story in the sixth inning of Tennessee’s game against the Huntsville Stars on Wednesday.
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