He didn't. He was a pre-teen and teenager during the war years.
Yes, click on the 'Willie Mays Website' link below to go to his official website.
Willie Mays go 660 Home runs
He attended Fairfield Industrial High School in Fairfield, Alabama.
Willie Mays played 22 seasons between 1951-1973 for the Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972) and Mets (1972-1973). Mays was drafted into the US Army in 1952 and missed most of that season and all of the 1953 season.
He attended Fairfield Industrial High School in Fairfield, Alabama.
For twenty years, from 1954 until his retirement in 1973, Willie Mays was named to the All-Star team each season. However, in the four years from 1959 to 1962, two All-Star games were played each season; as a result, Willie Mays played in a total of 24 All-Star games, a record he shares with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial. He was in the starting line-up for 18 of those games, always playing center field.
the tank nicknamed 'Little Willie' was the first tank to go to battle it was a little German offensive tank in the first world war
Tristin Mays goes by Trizzio.
Willie Britton goes by Willie.
Willie Pastrano went by Willie the Wisp.
Willie Macc goes by Willie Macc.
The Say Hey kid gets the nodAs a die hard Mickey Mantle fan it would be eay for me to say "what could have been if he was healthy" but the fact is Willie Mays put up better numbers than the Mick. I have to go with Willie Mays but as a Mantle fan I leave you with some quotes from some noted ballplayers, and Mickey himself.."If that guy were healthy, he'd hit eighty home runs." - Carl Yastrzemski"On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived." - Nellie Fox"Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been." -Mickey Mantle