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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 Catch" occurred during Game 1 of this series, when Giants center fielder Willie Mays snared a long drive by Vic Wertz near the outfield wall with his back to the infield. Utility player Dusty Rhodes had clutch hits in three of the four games, including a pinch-hit walk-off that won Game 1, barely clearing the 258-foot (79 m) right-field ...
So I think that was the key to the whole World Series.” It was a play that is as famous as any in the grand history of baseball and was memorialized at the time by the Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, who said: “Willie Mays just brought this crowd to its feet with a catch which must have been an optical illusion to a lot of people!”
Mays’ over-the-shoulder catch more than 500 feet from home plate in the 1954 World Series, robbing Vic Wertz of a potential game-winning hit, is considered the greatest catch in the history of ...
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 League Championship Series; The Catch, a defensive play by Chas McCormick in the 2022 World Series
Willie Mays, a legendary star in major-league baseball who died Tuesday at age 93, once did something only 18 men have done in MLB history: Hit four homers in one game. He did it at Milwaukee ...
Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. He ended his storied career with the Mets.
Willie Mays's number 24 was retired by the San Francisco Giants in 1972. Willie Mays's number 24 was retired by the New York Mets in 2022. On January 23, 1979, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He garnered 409 of the 432 ballots cast (94.68%). [210]