World Series MVP awards weren’t issued until the following year, but Mays said there’s no doubt the 1954 recipient would have been Rhodes, who pinch-hit for Monte Irvin in each of the first three games and finished the Series 4-for-6 with two homers and seven RBIs. Rhodes tied Game 2 with a pinch single and also homered in a 3–1 win. The Giants won the third game 6–2, again thanks to Rhodes, who hit a two-run single in the third. He wasn’t needed in Game 4 as the Giants clinched with a 7–4 victory. Mays hit .286 in four games, but The Catch was the defining moment of the Series and the
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