The World Series Most Valuable Player Award will now be tied to one of the all-time greats of the game: Willie Mays. Major League Baseball announced Friday that the award has been renamed the Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player in honor of the Hall of Famer. It will continue to be presented by the award's longtime sponsor, Chevrolet.
Friday is the 63rd anniversary of Mays making the most famous catch in baseball history -- his legendary over-the-head basket catch deep in center field at the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
"Major League Baseball is thrilled to honor Willie Mays on our game's biggest stage and in a manner that befits his many contributions to the sport," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.