Complex sentence: Batting.477 in 35 games and playing excellent defense, Mays was called up to the Giants on May 24,1951; he appeared in his first major league game the next day in Philadelphia.
Split into simpler sentences: Batting.477 in 35 games and playing excellent defense, Mays was called up to the Giants on May 24,1951. He appeared in his first major league game the next day in Philadelphia.