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During the 1954 World Series, Mays
made one of the greatest catches in the
history of baseball. This catch came in game
one against the Cleveland Indians. A batter
hit a towering fly ball deep to center field.
Mays made a backward catch after running
from hundreds of feet away!
The Giants moved to San Francisco in
1958, and Willie Mays went with them. He
was soon receiving the highest salary of any
baseball player of that time. In 1972 Willie
Mays returned to New York, where he played
for the New York Mets until he retired at age
forty-two.
Willie Mays was one of the most popular
baseball players in history. He won many
awards, played in twenty-four All-Star games,
and hit more than six hundred home runs.
He was elected Most Valuable Player two
times and won twelve Gold Glove awards.
Willie Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall
of Fame in 1979.
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