Willie Mays vs Yogi Berra

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Willie Mays and Yogi Berra compared on their MLB careers: Willie Mays played 22 seasons, 1951 to 1973, Yogi Berra 19 seasons, 1946 to 1965. Willie Mays has .302 batting average to Yogi Berra's .285. Willie Mays won 1 title, Yogi Berra won 10 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Willie Mays leads in 9 of the 9 lines, Yogi Berra in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Willie Mays and Yogi Berra career totals

2,992	GP	2,120
10,881	AB	7,555
2,062, better	R	1,175
3,283, better	H	2,150
660, better	HR	358
1,903, better	RBI	1,430
338, better	SB	30
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.6, better	SLG	0.5
0.9, better	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Willie Mays and Yogi Berra postseason

25	GP	75
89	AB	259
12	R	41, better
22	H	71, better
1	HR	12, better
10	RBI	39, better
3, better	SB	0
0.2	AVG	0.3, better
0.3	OBP	0.4, better
0.3	SLG	0.5, better
0.7	OPS	0.8, better

Where each stands all time

Willie Mays and Yogi Berra all-time places

6th (660), better	Home runs	95th (358)
12th (3,283), better	Hits	210th (2,150)
10th (1,903), better	RBI	57th (1,430)
122nd (338), better	Stolen bases	—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Willie Mays and Yogi Berra titles and awards

1	Championships	10, better
1, better	NL Rookie of the Year	—
—	AL MVP	3, better
2, better	NL MVP	—
1, better	AL Gold Glove	—
12, better	NL Gold Glove	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Willie Mays and Yogi Berra season by season

1st	1951	.274	20, better	68, better	1946	.364, better	2	4
2nd	1952	.236	4	23	1947	.280, better	11, better	54, better
3rd	1954	.345, better	41, better	110, better	1948	.305	14	98
4th	1955	.319, better	51, better	127, better	1949	.277	20	91
5th	1956	.296	36, better	84	1950	.322, better	28	124, better
6th	1957	.333, better	35, better	97, better	1951	.294	27	88
7th	1958	.347, better	29	96	1952	.273	30, better	98, better
8th	1959	.313, better	34, better	104	1953	.296	27	108, better
9th	1960	.319, better	29, better	103	1954	.307	22	125, better
10th	1961	.308, better	40, better	123, better	1955	.272	27	108
11th	1962	.304, better	49, better	141, better	1956	.298	30	105
12th	1963	.314, better	38, better	103, better	1957	.251	24	82
13th	1964	.296, better	47, better	111, better	1958	.266	22	90
14th	1965	.317, better	52, better	112, better	1959	.284	19	69
15th	1966	.288, better	37, better	103, better	1960	.276	15	62
16th	1967	.263	22	70, better	1961	.271, better	22	61
17th	1968	.289, better	23, better	79, better	1962	.224	10	35
18th	1969	.283	13, better	58, better	1963	.293, better	8	28
19th	1970	.291, better	28, better	83, better	1965	.222	0	0
20th	1971	.271	18	61	—	—	—	—
21st	1972	.250	8	22	—	—	—	—
22nd	1973	.211	6	25	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI