On
the blog this morning we have a career-capping “not so missing” 1974
card for former catcher Jerry May, who finished up a 10-year Major
League career with a handful of games with the New York Mets:
After starting the season with 11 games as a Kansas City Royal, for whom
he played in both 1971 and 1972, May was purchased by the Mets on May
14th of 1973 before getting released about a month later, playing in
four games for the eventual National League champs.
He hit a combined .158 over those combined 15 games with six hits over 38 at-bats, scoring four runs while driving in two.
May made his MLB debut in 1964 at the age of 20 with the Pittsburgh
Pirates, where he played the first seven years of his career before his
move to the Royals.
All told, he finished up with a career .234 batting average, with 357
hits in 1527 at-bats, playing in 556 games, driving in 130 runs while
scoring 120.