MLB will honor Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays with a special game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham in 2024, the league office announced in a Tuesday morning release.
The game will feature the Giants, for whom Mays played from 1951–52 and 1954 to ’72, and the Cardinals. Scheduled to be played on June 20 to coincide with Juneteenth celebrations, it will be televised on Fox.
Rickwood Field is the oldest professional ballpark in the United States, having been constructed for the Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association in 1910. The Barons—still active in the Southern League as the White Sox’s longtime Double-A affiliate—will play the Montgomery Biscuits at Rickwood Field two days before the big-league game.
