Lee May
Died on July 29, 2017 at age 74
A slugging first baseman with the Cincinnati Reds, May was traded to the Houston Astros for Joe Morgan after the 1971 season and missed the Reds’ becoming one of baseball’s greatest teams a few years later.
Notable Deaths 2017
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