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Cusick · 10-23-2019, 11:52 AM

Tat Mays played one game at catcher for the 1937 St. Louis Stars. This photo appears on the following webpage:

https://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_...sea-lions.html

There are a couple of interesting aspects about the accompanying article by Gary Ashwill. There is some conjecture that Tat Mays may be the father of Willie Mays, though it's difficult to prove the case because Willie can't recall his dad's playing baseball on the West Coast. While Gary Ashwill mentions the various amateur teams on which Tat Mays played, he omits the Negro League team, the St. Louis Stars. Yet Gary describes this Tat Mays as a pitcher/catcher/infielder and says that he also carried the nickname of "Peewee." According to Seamheads.com, the Negro League player was also known both as Tat and Peewee, and his real first name was Willie. It all seems like too much of a coincidence for it not to be the correct Tat Mays.

The Seamheads.com record for Tat Mays is at:
http://seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player...rID=mays-01tat

The SABR BioProject biography for Willie Mays, which mentions his father, and cites his nickname as Cat (not Tat) Mays, is at:
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/64f5dfa2

10-23-2019, 11:52 AM	#3339
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,210	Tat Mays Tat Mays played one game at catcher for the 1937 St. Louis Stars. This photo appears on the following webpage: https://agatetype.typepad.com/agate_...sea-lions.html There are a couple of interesting aspects about the accompanying article by Gary Ashwill. There is some conjecture that Tat Mays may be the father of Willie Mays, though it's difficult to prove the case because Willie can't recall his dad's playing baseball on the West Coast. While Gary Ashwill mentions the various amateur teams on which Tat Mays played, he omits the Negro League team, the St. Louis Stars. Yet Gary describes this Tat Mays as a pitcher/catcher/infielder and says that he also carried the nickname of "Peewee." According to Seamheads.com, the Negro League player was also known both as Tat and Peewee, and his real first name was Willie. It all seems like too much of a coincidence for it not to be the correct Tat Mays. The Seamheads.com record for Tat Mays is at: http://seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player...rID=mays-01tat The SABR BioProject biography for Willie Mays, which mentions his father, and cites his nickname as Cat (not Tat) Mays, is at: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/64f5dfa2 Attached Images Last edited by Cusick; 10-24-2019 at 11:49 AM. Reason: Add two links.