Well IMHO factoring in his abilities, Willie Mays was the greatest all-around ballplayer there ever was.
I am in total agreement.
Willie McCovey too. He was a great great player. I met him and Dusty Rhodes way back in another life. McCovey played in Tacoma when he was in the minors, Rhodes was on my paper route. I remember my Dad pointing out Willie Mays, and Luis Tiant over the fog of my memory, but don’t know if it is a false memory, or they spent a little time getting some AAA at bats back in the long ago. The Giants used to bring the big stars to Tacoma for special events, but I was in my single digits in age. I think Luis Aparicio played for them in that timeline too. Back then you could actually touch the infield dirt and there was just a rail between you and the game.