Arthur Lee Maye - Doo Wop Outfielder

Arthur Lee Maye played 13 years in Major League Baseball and is most often associated with his 7 seasons with the Milwaukee Braves from 1959 - 1965. He had a respectable career with stints in Houston, Chicago (AL), Cleveland, and Washington and even lead the league in doubles in the 1964 season. However, what Maye might be the most well known for is being the best singing athlete of all time (or at least that's what he said of himself). 

In 1954, the same year he signed a minor league contract with the Braves, formed a doo wop group in Los Angeles named The Crowns. Maye partnered with legendary songwriter and producer Richard Berry during this time and even sang the back up bits on Berry's original recording of Louie Louie. As a singer Maye gathered regional success and his 1964 release "Halfway Out of Love" even sold over 500,000 copies. However, his baseball career limited his ability to record and tour forcing his musical career to stall and not reach the levels he potential allowed for. After baseball, Maye worked for Amtrak and worked on getting an executive job for an MLB team but this never happened. He relaunched his musical career in the mid-80's and passed away in 2002 shortly before a tour of Europe was scheduled to start.

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