SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the ...

On Sept. 29, 1954, Willie Mays of the New York Giants made a running, over-the-shoulder catch of a ball hit by Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series; “The Catch ...

The Senate resolution highlights Mays’ professional baseball career, including his first-ever hit at Rickwood Field and his basket catch in deep center field to win Game 1 of the 1954 World ...

Mays started his Major League career by winning the 1951 National League Rookie of the Year Award. A two time National League Most Valuable Player (1954, 1965) Mays led the Giants to victory in the ...

Mays perhaps is best known for what is considered one of the greatest plays of all-time, his running basket catch in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Indians.

A true "five tool" player, Mays was the first 30-30 man of baseball's Integration Era, and even today his 1954 World Series catch, not to mention the throw that followed, remains one of the most ...

Mays, 23, won the National League batting title in 1954 at .345 and led the league in slugging while hitting 41 homers and driving in 110 runs. He won the league’s Most Valuable Player Award.

Even though Willie said it wasn’t his best catch, the circumstances and everything else made it a great catch. This had more importance than others. I’ll never forget what Monte Irvin said.

Mays started his Major League career by winning the 1951 National League Rookie of the Year Award. A two time National League Most Valuable Player (1954, 1965) Mays led the Giants to victory in the ...