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The 1973 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1973 season. The 70th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets .
Game 5 was the only one Mays played; he had a pinch-hit RBI single as the Mets won 7–2, clinching a trip to the 1973 World Series against the Oakland Athletics, October 13–21. [181] A shoulder injury to Rusty Staub prompted the Mets to shift Don Hahn to right field and start Mays in center at the start of the Series. [ 182 ]
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 ...
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.
A timeline of Willie Mays’ career: 1931 (May 6) — Born in Westfield, Alabama. 1948 — Joins Birmingham Black Barons of Negro leagues. 1950 — Signs with New York Giants for $4,000. 1951 (May 25) — Major league debut. 1951 (May 28) — First major league hit after 0-for-12 start — a home run off Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn.
Baseball great Willie Mays, whose “Catch” and legacy will live on, etched in the minds of millions, died at age 93.
The greatest catch ever made. Despite his on-field success, Mays won just one World Series in his 24-year career, with the 1954 New York Giants, who swept the Cleveland Indians (now known as the ...
Five players have received both a Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award and the World Series MVP Award in the same season: Sandy Koufax (1963), Frank Robinson (1966), Reggie Jackson (1973), Willie Stargell (1979), and Mike Schmidt (1980). The MLB MVP has been awarded to a player in each league since 1931.