The purpose of WillieMcGee.com is both to communicate and preserve the history of a man whose story deserves to be told.  Many people who have been exposed to the St. Louis Cardinals view Willie as a role model, a folk hero, and a friend.  Sadly, he exists in somewhere in the middle ground of baseball's former players: he is certainly in the discussion as one of the key players of his era, but he is probably not headed to Cooperstown, and the websites that have been dedicated to him (including this one, which used to have an official affiliation with McGee) have almost all disappeared. 

My goal for this website is to have as complete an account as possible of this great man, including published articles, fan memories, pictures, and other information.  Anyone who has this type of information and would like to share it should please feel free to contact me.  Additionally, anyone who has an official tie to Willie McGee and is interested in reclaiming this web space may feel free to contact me as well.  This site is not meant to be the "official" Willie McGee homepage; rather, it is a way to communicate about Willie in the absence of an official web presence. 

This site was created by Daniel Lauve, whose admiration for Willie McGee began at age 7, just after moving to the St. Louis area in 1985.  It was launched on November 2, 2003.