May 28, 1951: After an 0-for-12 start to his MLB career, Willie Mays gets his first hit, and it's a home run off Warren Spahn.

Mays' shot goes an estimated 450 feet.

It is also the first of Mays' 18 homers against Spahn, the most hit off any one pitcher.

Mays mentions his slow start to his career in his interview with the Baseball Hall of Fame:

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