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Jerry Lee May
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitcher
Born: December 14, 1943, Staunton, VA
Signed: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent before 1961 season
Major League Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates 1964-1970; Kansas City Royals 1971-1973; New York Mets 1973
Died: June 30, 1996, Swoope, VA (age 52)
Jerry May was an above-average defensive catcher known for his ability to call a game and his penchant for throwing out would-be base stealers. Originally a back-up to Jim Pagliaroni (#302), May was the Pirates' regular catcher for their 1967 and 1968 seasons. He hit a career high .271 in 1967 and drove in a career high 33 runs in 1968. Catching prospect Manny Sanguillen (#509) took over at catcher beginning in 1968, and the Pirates dealt May to the Royals prior to the 1971 season. He'd serve mainly as a back-up to Ed Kirkpatrick and Fran Healy during his three seasons in Kansas City. After four games with the Mets in 1973 and a brief return to the Pirates' minor league system, May retired as a player. In 556 games, he batted .234 with 15 home runs and 130 RBIs.
Jerry May was an above-average defensive catcher known for his ability to call a game and his penchant for throwing out would-be base stealers. Originally a back-up to Jim Pagliaroni (#302), May was the Pirates' regular catcher for their 1967 and 1968 seasons. He hit a career high .271 in 1967 and drove in a career high 33 runs in 1968. Catching prospect Manny Sanguillen (#509) took over at catcher beginning in 1968, and the Pirates dealt May to the Royals prior to the 1971 season. He'd serve mainly as a back-up to Ed Kirkpatrick and Fran Healy during his three seasons in Kansas City. After four games with the Mets in 1973 and a brief return to the Pirates' minor league system, May retired as a player. In 556 games, he batted .234 with 15 home runs and 130 RBIs.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #248
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Pirates Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
May spent the entire season with the Pirates, now as the back-up to regular catcher Sanguillen. In 62 games, including 50 starts behind the plate, May batted .232 with seven home runs and 23 RBIs. The Pirates' opening day catcher, his playing time steadily decreased as the year wore on, and Sanguillen handled the bulk of the team's catching duties from mid-July to the end of the season.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #143
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1965-1973
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1973 Topps #558
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 44 in the Beckett online database as of 2/16/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Building the Set / Card #248
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March last year, over a year ago at this point, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 171st of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me $1.25.
The Card / Pirates Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
This photo and the photo used for May's 1967 Topps card were taken at the same session. Topps diplomatically states May is "improving as a hitter" on the back of the card, even though his average dipped from .271 in 1967 to .219 in 1968.
Accuracy Index: May is wearing a Pirates uniform in a photo not quite seen before, so his card scores a solid +5.
1969 Season
May spent the entire season with the Pirates, now as the back-up to regular catcher Sanguillen. In 62 games, including 50 starts behind the plate, May batted .232 with seven home runs and 23 RBIs. The Pirates' opening day catcher, his playing time steadily decreased as the year wore on, and Sanguillen handled the bulk of the team's catching duties from mid-July to the end of the season.
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #143
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1965-1973
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1973 Topps #558
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 44 in the Beckett online database as of 2/16/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog
1965 Topps Blog
#262 Mike Kekich - New York Yankees / #264 Bill Landis - Boston Red Sox
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