- Lee Maye
Infobox MLB retired
name=Lee Maye
position=Outfielder
bgcolor1=#af0039
bgcolor2=#0f437c
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=December 11 ,1934
city-state|Tuscaloosa|Alabama
deathdate=death date and age|2002|7|17|1934|12|11
city-state|Riverside|California
debutdate=June 17
debutyear= 1959
debutteam= Milwaukee Braves
finaldate=June 29
finalyear=1971
finalteam=Chicago White Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.274
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=94
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=419
teams=
* Milwaukee Braves (1959-1965)
*Houston Astros (1965-1966)
*Cleveland Indians (1967-1969)
* Washington Senators (1969-1970)
*Chicago White Sox (1970-1971)
highlights=
*Led NL in Doubles (44) in 1964Arthur Lee Maye (
December 11 ,1934 -July 17 ,2002 ) was aMajor League Baseball player and also aRhythm & Blues singer. He is not to be confused withLee May , a better known baseball player who played from 1965 to 1982.Born in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama , Maye was anoutfielder for the Milwaukee Braves (1959-1965),Houston Astros (1965-1966),Cleveland Indians (1967-1969), Washington Senators (1969-1970), andChicago White Sox (1970-1971).Maye was a fair defensive
outfielder (.970) who was in the lineup for his solid left-handed bat. From 1961 to 1966, and again in 1969, he started in more than half of his team's games, with a high of 133 games started in 1964. Maye was also used quite often as apinch-hitter during his 13-season career.His greatest year was in 1964, for the 88-74
Milwaukee Braves who finished the season just five games behind the pennant-winningSt. Louis Cardinals . Maye had personal career-highs in almost every category, including 153games played , 74RBI , and a .304batting average . He also led theNational League with 44 doubles.Other career highlights include:
*hit 2home runs vs. theChicago Cubs (August 8, 1962)
*a pair of 5-hit games...4 singles and a doubles vs. thePhiladelphia Phillies (September 27, 1964) and three singles, adouble , and ahome run vs. theChicago Cubs (August 11, 1966)
*eight 4-hit games, with the most impressive being two singles and two doubles, with four runs scored vs. theNew York Yankees (April 21, 1970)Maye's career totals include 1,288
games played , 1,109 hits, 94home runs , 419RBI , and a lifetimebatting average of .274.He was also lead singer for the
Los Angeles baseddoo-wop group Arthur Lee Maye and the Crowns in the 1950's.Lee Maye died at the age of 67 in
Riverside, California .ee also
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List of Major League Baseball doubles champions External links
*baseball-reference|id=m/mayele01
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=mayele01 Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Maye.Lee.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmayel101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/arthur_lee_maye.htm His music]
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