Richmond in Contra Costa County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Willie Mays

— Richmond Walk of Honor —

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 4, 2022

1. Willie Mays Marker

Inscription. The Willie Mays Junior Giants Fields are dedicated with affection and appreciation on this day of May 21st in the year 2022

Willie Howard Mays Jr., nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid" is a former New York and San Francisco Giants "Hall of Fame” major league baseball player. Willie participated in Richmond's annual March of Dimes events in this park during the 1960s and 1970s to assist our youth in need.

The City of Richmond is grateful to Willie and the Giants Community Fund for their generous contributions toward our youth programs over the past several years.

This first "Richmond Walk of Honor” kiosk and the Willie Mays Fields were made possible through the generous donations of the Giants Community Fund, the Good Tidings Foundation, the City of Richmond and the Hurlbut Benevolent Foundation (HBF)

Erected 2022 by City of Richmond. (Marker Number 1.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports.

Location. 37° 55.988′ N, 122° 20.434′ W. Marker is in Richmond, California, in Contra Costa

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County. It can be reached from Macdonald Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond CA 94805, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Harry Ells School (approx. 0.2 miles away); City of Richmond Employees World War II Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Richmond Native Sons, and Daughters of the Golden West Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to Richmond (approx. 0.8 miles away); What Happened Here? (approx. 0.9 miles away); Santa Fe Railway (approx. one mile away); Center of Town (approx. 1.1 miles away); Japanese Nurseries (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers

Willie Mays Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 4, 2022

2. Willie Mays Marker - wide view

in Richmond.

More about this marker. The marker is located on the north side of the baseball field in Nicholl Park.

Also see . . . Richmond honors San Francisco Giants legend Willie Mays… (Richmond Standard, May 21, 2022).

Excerpt: Willie Mays is a baseball legend, but in Richmond he’s also known for his legendary community service benefitting local youth. It’s the reason the newly renovated Nicholl Park baseball diamonds have been renamed “Willie Mays Junior Giants Fields,” and why a monument to “The Say Hey Kid” was enshrined at those fields today on what the city officially recognized as “Willie Mays Day.”

(Submitted on December 16, 2022.)

Willie Mays - picture on north face of monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 4, 2022

3. Willie Mays - picture on north face of monument

Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 448 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 4, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.