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The Catch was a baseball play made by New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays on September 29, 1954, during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, New York City. In the eighth inning , with the score tied 2–2, Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz hit a deep fly ball to center field that had the runners on ...
The 1954 World Series was the championship series of Major ... Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments, Willie Mays' Catch This page was last edited on 2 January 2025, at ...
The 1954 series is perhaps best remembered for "The Catch", an over-the-shoulder running grab by Mays of a long drive off the bat of Vic Wertz about 425 feet (130 m) from home plate at the Polo Grounds during the eighth inning of Game 1. The catch prevented two Indians' runners from scoring, preserving a tie game.
“The Willie Mays catch will always be its own thing,” said Posnanski. ... Mays also didn’t play in most of the 1953 season or any of the 1954 season while serving in the Army in Korea. In ...
Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid," a ... his running basket catch in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Indians. It is known simply as "The Catch." Mays called it ...
Mays, the electrifying Hall of Famer who mastered all facets of the game and whose remarkable catch in the 1954 World Series still captivates, died Tuesday at 93.
New York Giants’ Willie Mays makes a catch of a ball hit by Cleveland Indians’ Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 baseball World Series in New York’s Polo Grounds on Sept. 29, 1954. (AP Photo ...
The Catch (baseball), a defensive play by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series; The Catch, a defensive play by Endy Chávez in Major League Baseball's 2006 National ...