Willie Mays his 22nd career extra-inning homer

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Willie Mays his 22nd career extra-inning homer

On June 6 1971 — Willie Mays hits a 12th-inning home run off Joe Hoerner of the Philadelphia Phillies, his 22nd – and last – career extra-inning homer, a major-league mark.

 

“If you live to be 199 years old you won’t see anyone do so many things so well on a baseball field,” declared Manager Charlie Fox in praise of Mays. “Willie came to me between games and said he wanted to play because we needed to win,” added Fox. “Getting the split was such an all-out effort from everyone imaginable.”