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Willie Mays catches Vic Wertz's deep fly ball on the warning track in the 1954 World Series.. 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.
When Wertz was traded, he was hitting only .202 with one home run after 29 games. He immediately became the starting first baseman for the Indians, replacing Bill Glynn, who held down the position the previous year. [2] In the 1954 World Series, Wertz hit a long fly ball Willie Mays caught, known as "The Catch".
"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 ...
FILE - New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays, with his back to the plate, gets under a blast off the bat of Cleveland Indians first baseman Vic Wertz to pull the ball down in front of the ...
Mays, with his back to the plate, gets under a 450-foot blast off the bat of Cleveland Indians first baseman Vic Wertz to pull the ball down in front of the bleachers wall in the eighth inning of ...
Willie Mays did both, and he did them at the highest level. ... Mays’ over-the-shoulder catch more than 500 feet from home plate in the 1954 World Series, robbing Vic Wertz of a potential game ...
Willie Howard Mays Jr. (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024), ... The Catch: Mays hauls in Vic Wertz's drive near the wall in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
Willie Mays, the dynamic baseball ... Indians batter Vic Wertz hit a 425-foot drive to deep center field. Mays turned and sprinted back towards the wall, somehow catching the ball over his ...