A valued reserve catcher on the WS champs….good bat with some pop….career
.267 hitter over 15 years…Son of MLB player Pinky May….Stayed up the big club 1971, Milt replaces Jerry May (no relation) as 2nd backstop....one of six men with the last name "May" to see action that year....in 1973, Pirates seeing trade
value shipped Milt to Houston….Increased playing time by 2 fold from
1971....Travels then took him to Detroit, Chicago (AL) and San Francisco...had
consistent results....Returned to Pirates for a few games, 1983-84.....best
output of the bunch was 1981 hitting .310 in a strike shorten year....highlights
in his career a game winning hit in game 4 of 1971 WS….low light might have
been in the minors when after a particularly hot streak at the plate his father
(then an opposing manager) ordered his pitcher to throw at him...interesting family….youthful looking
chap in his playing days
I remember how high he raised his bat when he was hitting.
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