Willie Mays 3000th Career Hit ball

Date1970 July 18

DescriptionWhite leather baseball with red stitching and black stamps, including "Official Ball / National League" with a facsimile signature and a "Spalding" logo.

Bio/Historical NoteBaseball hit by Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants to get his 3000th career hit on July 18, 1970, a single off Montreal Expos pitcher Mike Wegener. Mays became the tenth member of the 3000 hit club. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.

Object numberB-1970-0352

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer A.G. Spalding & Bros. (Manufacturer)

Subject Mays, Willie, 1931-

Subject San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationssports and athletic equipment

Dimensions3 in. diameter

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