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San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays holds four baseballs after hitting four home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium in Milwaukee on April 30, 1961. Hank Aaron hit two home runs in the game for the Braves.

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Westfield native and National Baseball Hall of Fame member Willie Mays is turning 84 years old on Wednesday. Here are some 84's from Mays' legendary baseball career:

84th game, Aug. 21, 1951: Mays went 1-for-4 with an RBI groundout in the second inning and a single and a run in the New York Giants' six-run eighth. The Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 before a crowd of 6,315 at the Polo Grounds as future South Alabama coach Eddie Stanky hit a home run against the Reds, who were managed by Alabama native Luke Sewell. Mays went on to play in 2,992 games, ninth on MLB's all-time list.

84th at-bat, June 16, 1951: Mays' single off Pittsburgh reliever Junior Walsh knocked in Wes Westrum with two outs in the top of the ninth inning of the Giants' 6-1 victory over the Pirates at Forbes Field. It was the final at-bat of a 2-for-4 day for Mays. Mays finished his career with 10,881 at-bats, 12th on baseball's career list.

84th run, May 9, 1954: Walked by right-hander Max Surkont, Mays, after Don Mueller's double, scored on Ebba St. Claire's groundout in the eighth inning of the Giants' 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. Mays scored 2,062 runs in his career to rank seventh in baseball history.

84th hit, Aug. 9, 1951: Mays singled to left field off Erv Palica in the fifth inning of the Giants' 6-5 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. The hit was the first of two for Mays in the game and his only one in 10 career at-bats against Palica. Mays collected 3,283 hits and is one of 10 players with 3,000 National League hits. He ranks 12th on baseball's hits list.

Willie Mays tips his cap to the crowd as he is presented with his 2014 World Series championship ring by San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer before a National League game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April, 18, 2015, in San Francisco.

84th RBI, May 17, 1952: After hitting a two-run triple earlier in the game, Mays knocked in two more runs - the 84th and 85th RBIs of his career - with a seventh-inning single during the Giants' 9-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs at the Polo Grounds. Mays' second two-run hit came off Cubs pitcher Dutch Leonard, a 42-year-old in his 19th season of throwing the knuckleball in the big leagues. Mays went on to compile 1,903 RBIs, which rank 11th in history.

84th double, July 9, 1955: Mays smacked a double to left off Clem Labine during the Giants' 10-2 victory over the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers before a crowd of 24,891 at the Polo Grounds. Mays' 523 doubles rank 44th on baseball's career list, a spot he shares with current New York Yankees DH Alex Rodriguez.

84th triple, Aug. 25, 1961: After leading the National League in triples three times early in his career, Mays had only three in 1961. The third one was the 84th of his career. He connected off St. Louis' Ray Sadecki in the fourth inning and scored on Orlando Cepeda's sacrifice fly at Busch Stadium, but the Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-3. Mays hit two triples off Sadecki and batted .365 against the left-hander during his career. Mays' 140 triples rank 64th in MLB history. However, since Mays' first season (1951) only two players have hit more triples - Robert Clemente with 166 and Lou Brock with 141.

84th home run, June 29, 1955: Mays led the National League with 51 home runs in 1955, the first of his four NL homer crowns. He got two of those home runs in the New York Giants' 6-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. A crowd of 24,678 came out on a Wednesday and, after cranking out a grand slam off Clem Labine in the third inning, Mays hit a solo home run off Labine in the fifth for the 84th of his career. Mays ripped Labine during his career, hitting .475 with six doubles, a triple and seven home runs in 59 at-bats against the right-hander. At one point, Mays ranked second to Babe Ruth on baseball's home run list. Mays' 660 home runs are tied with Alex Rodriguez for the fourth-most in history.

84th stolen base, April 21, 1957: After leading the National League in stolen bases with 40 in 1956, Mays got the first of his 37 stolen bases in 1957 during a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds. With the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth, Mays reached second on an error by Phillies shortstop Chico Fernandez. Mays got the 84th stolen base of his career by swiping third with one out, and he scored the game-winning run on Hank Sauer's single. Mays led the NL again in stolen bases in 1957, the second of four straight seasons he did so. Mays' 338 stolen bases rank 119th on baseball's career list.

84th base on balls, May 21, 1955: Robin Roberts went the distance for the Philadelphia Phillies in an 8-1 victory over the Giants at Connie Mack Stadium. Roberts issued Mays' 84th career walk with one out in the fifth, but got the next batter, second baseman Bobby Hofman, to ground into a double play. Mays went to the plate 184 times against Roberts. The only pitchers he faced more in his career were Warren Spahn and Don Drysdale. Mays hit a combined .316 with 35 home runs against the three Hall of Fame pitchers. Mays' 1,464 bases on balls rank 22nd in baseball history.

84th strikeout, May 2, 1954: Mays had knocked in three runs in the game when the Cardinals' Cot Deal struck him out in the top of the ninth inning of the Giants' 9-7 victory over St. Louis to earn a split in a doubleheader at Busch Stadium. Mays struck out 1,526 times. Fifty-one players have struck out more.

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