Birmingham and Frank Robinson are the only players to be elected to both the Orioles and Reds Halls of Fame. Family Lee May and his wife, Terrye, have three children and nine grandchildren. His son, Lee May Jr., was a New York Mets first-round pick in 1986 and played from 1986 through 1993 in their Minor League system. After that, he began his coaching career in the Mets organization in 1999 and later worked as the minor league hitting coordinator for the Seattle Mariners from 2012–2015. He previously served as a manager and coach in the Cleveland Indians system for seven seasons beginning in 2004, and then joined the Boston Red Sox organization in 2016, serving as the hitting coach for the Greenville Drive. May Jr.'s son, Jacob May, played baseball at Coastal Carolina University, and was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the third round (91st overall) of the 2013 MLB Draft. Death May died of pneumonia at a hospital in Cincinnati on July 29, 2017, aged 74. He also had heart disease. Literary references May was featured in a Sports Illustrated story written by Steve Rushin about TV character Sam Malone from the show Cheers. Fictitiously, Malone was a former major league pitcher who served up a pitch that May crushed all the way out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. See also List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders References External links Lee May at SABR (Baseball BioProject) Lee May at Baseballbiography.com Lee May at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League) 1943 births 2017 deaths African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball players American League RBI champions Baltimore Orioles coaches Baltimore Orioles players Baseball players from Birmingham, Alabama Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Cincinnati Reds coaches Cincinnati Reds players Houston Astros players Industriales de Valencia players Kansas City Royals coaches Kansas City Royals players Macon Peaches players Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball designated hitters Major League Baseball hitting coaches Minor league baseball managers National League All-Stars Rocky Mount Leafs players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Tampa Bay Devil Rays coaches Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people Deaths from pneumonia in Ohio