Milt May
| Milt May | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: August 1, 1950 Gary, Indiana |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1970, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 1984, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Home runs | 77 | ||
| Runs batted in | 443 | ||
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Milton Scott May (born August 1, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1984 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and San Francisco Giants. May drove in the one millionth run in Major League Baseball history on May 4, 1975, with a three-run home run.
Milt May was signed as an infielder in the 11th round of the 1968 Major League Baseball draft by the Pirates, who then converted him into a catcher. He was a good handler of pitchers and a left-handed line drive hitter who rarely swung at a bad pitch, but also was reputedly the slowest runner in the majors for much of his career.
At age 21, May was a member of the Pirates team that won the 1971 World Series. In the seventh inning of Game Four of that series, his pinch-hit single drove in Bob Robertson with the winning run in a 4–3 Pirates victory. Tragedy struck the Pirates in late 1972, when outfielder Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash. May was slated to replace Clemente in the Pirates' lineup in 1973, with catcher Manny Sanguillén moving to right field. However the experiment ended by July when it was determined that Sanguillén could not adjust to playing in the outfield and May was back on the Pirates' bench.
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