1969 O-Pee-Chee Deckle Edge Baseball Card Insert Willie Mays EXMT

Mays also becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season

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On September 25, 1965 — Willie Mays, who hit 51 round-trippers in 1955, joins Ralph Kiner as only the second National Leaguer to have more than one 50-home run season. The milestone homer, a fourth-inning two-run blast off Bob Sadowski, helps the Giants to beat Milwaukee at Candlestick Park, 7-5. Mays also becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season. The Giants’ center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat, hitting 51 homers in 1955.

 
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