Walter "Joe" Mays (March 20, 1914 – February 1986) was an American

Negro league The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

in the 1930s. A native of Sweet Home, Arkansas, Mays played for the St. Louis Stars in 1937. He died in Sweet Home in 1986 at age 71.

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