Willie Mays First Wife: Who Is Margherite Wendell Chapman?

Margherite Wendell Chapman was the first wife of former MLB player Willie Mays.

She came into the limelight through her marriage with Willie Mays.

Margherite Wendell Chapman was born in 1926 in United States.

Margherite and Willie Mays married in 1955.

They adopted a son, Michael Mays in 1959.

Margherite Wendell Chapman and Willie Mays, however, divorced in 1963.

Margherite Wendell Chapman died in 2010.

Although Margherite was a celebrity spouse, her details are obscure to the public.

Margherite’s ex-husband Willie Mays is a retired major league baseball player who began his career with the New York Giants and moved with the franchise to San Francisco before returning to New York to end his career with the Mets.

He was a two-time NL MVP and is one of seven players in baseball history to hit at least 600 home runs during his career.

Willie Mays played in 24 All-Star games, compiling 660 career home runs (third all-time when he retired), and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, having been elected in his first year of eligibility in 1979.