Pastor Rich brings us this Monster Willie Mays card of 1965.
1965 was about midway through Willie Mays’ career/ In terms of his offensive value though, Mays’ first part of his career was definitely his salad days. He hit 481 of his 660 homers before the 1966 season.
In 1965, Mays was on fire for the Giants. Not only did he lead the league with 52 homeruns (a career high) but he batted .317 with 112 rbis and 118 runs scored. By the mid sixties, his steals had decreased a bit but he managed to steal nine in 1965.
In 1965, Willie Mays won the National League MVP, was named an All-Star and received a Gold Glove for his work in center field.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Totals | 157 | 638 | 558 | 118 | 177 | 21 | 3 | 52 | 112 | 9 | 76 | 71 | .317 | .398 | .645 |
The measure of clutch is Willie Mays so it’s appropriate that he would get power numbers 1-1-5-5. Watch out with runners on base!
It doesn’t stop there, though. 1965 Mays gets two 7s and one 10 plus four 14s. He can be forgiven for getting only two 8s to go along with his two 9s. Look at it this way… he hits Sandy Koufax as well as Cal Koonce.
Fun numbers: 22-5, 55-7, 33-5
Bonus for the Say-hey Kid, he has three 31s! He has a 21-31. Raise your hands if any of you would H&R with this card!
thanks, Rich!
I think this is the first Mays card I have ever seen. Very solid. His early cards must have been amazing.
A couple more..
http://www.apbablog.com/card-analysis/monster-card-monday-1962-willie-mays
http://www.apbablog.com/card-analysis/monster-card-monday-1954-willie-mays
and yeah, the ’54 one is pretty amazing.
Thanks for the info. A 44-5 is real monster
I’ll always his card from (I believe) the original OFAS set…1-4-5-5-5!!!!
weird as it sounds i even like the font of those ofas cards lol.
how many cards have had a 44-5? can’t be very many!!
this one did.
http://www.apbablog.com/card-analysis/monster-card-monday-1998-mark-mcgwire
how well do I remember! :)
thanks thomas!! i had to look at that card for a few minutes to grasp it lol.