# Talk:Willie Mays

Just a simple copyediting suggestion. JayCrenshi (talk) 16:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I agree with this suggestion as a review of credible news outlets use "all time" and not "all-time". See https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl-100/2019/10/01/nfl-100-best-players-all-time/3785514002/ https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32432119/nba-75-greatest-players-all-complete-list Jurisdicta (talk) 16:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
Change made after verifying this is the correct way to state "all time". Jurisdicta (talk) 16:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Re: adding Mays' coaching stint to the infobox in the current edit war, the last edit summary suggests there is a consensus to add this, but the only conversations I could find suggest otherwise:

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 22#Coaching info in infobox
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 50#Coaching stints in infobox
These discussions tend towards non-inclusion based on WP:UNDUE on players who were not known for their coaching career, and for a discussion to be held when there are disagreements.  My opinion is Mays' coaching stint actually detracts from his career and is trivial when held up against his playing career.  So I would lean omit.  Rgrds. --BX (talk) 04:27, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Based on both those discussions there is no clear consensus, but who gets coaching history in the box and who doesn't? Mays has a relatively long stint as coach for Mets with six seasons, he also has his number retired by the club having spent triple the amount of time with the Mets as a coach than a player. Obviously yes, Mays may not be "known" as a coach over a player but then again nor would guys like Mark McGwire, Harold Baines, Yogi Berra, etc. but they all had a decent amount of years as coach.Beast from da East (talk) 06:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

The caption of the Willie Mays photo says "Willie Mays with the San Francisco Giants in 1955."  
He was with the NEW YORK Giants in 1955, as his uniform cap in that picture shows.  The Giants did not move to San Francisco until 1958.  

107.115.29.32 (talk) 17:18, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Larry Hockett (Talk) 17:27, 23 June 2025 (UTC)