Dave May
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David LaFrance May (December 23, 1943 – October 20, 2012) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1967 through 1978 for the Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. May was a member of the AL pennant winning Orioles team in 1969 and, was an American League All-Star player with the Brewers in 1973. He was the father of MLB scout David May Jr. and MLB player Derrick May.[1]
Biography
A native of New Castle, Delaware, he graduated from William Penn High School.[2] He signed with the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1961.[1] He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 186 pounds (84 kg). The only year he spent in the Giants organization was in 1962 with the Salem Rebels, in which he led the team with a .379 batting average.[3]
May appeared in his first Major League game with the
May was part of a five-for-one trade that sent him, Ken Henderson, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine, Carl Morton and $200,000 from the Braves to the Rangers for Jeff Burroughs on December 9, 1976.[5] May was traded back to Milwaukee at trade deadline in 1978 to help the team on a pennant push. As the Brewers faded, he was traded just before the August waiver wire deadline to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May went to spring training with the Philadelphia Phillies and was their final cut before the 1979 season. He signed and played for Santo Domingo in the fledgling Inter-American League until it went defunct during the 1979 season. May then became a minor league coach, serving as a roving hitting instructor for the Atlanta Braves in 1981 and 1982
May was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1984.[6]
May died at age 68 in Bear, Delaware, on October 20, 2012.[2]
References
- ^ a b Siomon, Andrew (October 22, 2012). "All-Star May, once traded for Aaron, dies at 68". MLB.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Tresolini, Kevin. (October 22, 2012). "Ex-Major Leaguer Dave May dies at 68". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ 1962 Salem Rebels – Baseball-Reference.com. Archived September 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Durso, Joseph. "Drabowsky Back in Oriole Fold," The New York Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1970. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Chass, Murray. "Braves Trade 5 Players For Rangers’ Burroughs," The New York Times, Friday, December 10, 1976. Retrieved May 1, 2020
- ^ 1976–2002 Inductees – Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or SABR Biography Project