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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 Say Hey Kid’s superb grab of a drive hit by Cleveland’s Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series against the favored Indians will always be one of his finest moments, also a key in the New York Giants’ 4-0 sweep to win the championship. “It wasn’t no lucky catch,” Mays emphatically noted years later. Not at all.
1954 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1954 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1954 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Baseball's Best: 1954 World Series ; Kodak Presents – Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments, Willie Mays' Catch
The Giants won the NL pennant and the 1954 World Series, sweeping the Cleveland Indians in four games. [66] 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 ...
During Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, the only championship he would win, Mays made "The Catch" — an over-the-shoulder snag of a fly ball that is still considered the greatest catch in the ...
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 ...
In the first game of the 1954 World Series, against a heavily favored Cleveland team, he caught a fly ball an estimated 425 feet from home plate, with his back to the plate, and then wheeled and ...
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