Buckshot May Baseball player

William Herbert "Buckshot" May (December 13, 1899 – March 15, 1984) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. The 24-year-old right-hander stood 6'2" and weighed 169 lbs.On May 9, 1924, May came in to pitch the top of the 9th inning in a home game against the Boston Braves at Forbes Field. He pitched a scoreless inning, with one strikeout, but the Pirates lost 10-7. His lifetime ERA stands at 0.00.His manager was future Hall of Famer Bill McKechnie. Other notable teammates who would one day be members of the Baseball Hall of Fame were Max Carey, Kiki Cuyler, Rabbit Maranville, and Pie Traynor.May died in his hometown of Bakersfield, California at the age of 84.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 13, 1899
Birth place
Bakersfield California
Date of deathMarch 15, 1984
Place of death
Bakersfield California

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Baseball player

Career startMay 09, 1924
Career endMay 09, 1924
batting sideRight
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pitcher
teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

Buckshot May on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maybu01.shtml
  2. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmay-b101.htm