Willie Mays, who had just turned 20 years old two weeks earlier, was sitting in a movie theater in Sioux City, Iowa, with his Minneapolis Millers teammate, Ray Dandridge, who was still toiling in ...

Mays made short work of the minor leagues after opening the ’51 season with the Triple-A Minneapolis Millers by batting .477 over 35 games. It was late May when the Millers traveled to Sioux ...

Back in May 1951, the 20-year-old baseball phenom was hitting .477 through 35 games with the Minneapolis Millers, the New York Giants' Triple-A affiliate in the American Association.

In 1951, Mays broke out with the Triple-A Minneapolis Millers; he batted .477 in 35 games before the Giants recalled him in May. There will never be another quite like Willie Mays 🧡 pic.twitter ...

He hit the majors in 1951. Summoned in May from the Double-A Minneapolis Millers – he was hitting .477 – he went 1-for-25 as a New York Giant, the “1″ being a home run off Warren Spahn.

In the minors, Mays played 81 games for the Trenton Giants of the Class B Interstate League in 1950 and 35 games for the Minneapolis Millers of the Class AAA American Association in 1951.

Willie Mays could run, hit, ... starting the 1951 season by batting .477 over 35 games for the Minneapolis Millers of the Triple-A American Association.

Willie Mays is listed in the reference books as 5-foot-10, 170 pounds. He looms much larger in baseball history. He was a Giant in team affiliation and a giant in ...

Willie Mays, the incandescent ... In 1951, Mays was hitting .477 for the Triple-A Minneapolis Millers when he was called up to New York on May 25, 1951. A couple of weeks past his 20th birthday, ...

Willie Mays, the electrifying ... who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1948 — and played briefly with Minneapolis Millers in the Spring of 1951 — was baseball’s oldest ...

Willie Mays, who had just turned 20 years old two weeks earlier, was sitting in a movie theater in Sioux City, Iowa, with his Minneapolis Millers teammate, Ray Dandridge, who was still toiling in ...