Albert C. Mays (May 17, 1865 – May 7, 1905) was an American

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. He played five seasons in

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for the

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(1885),

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(1886–1887),

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(1888),

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(1889–1890), all in the American Association. In 1887, he appeared in a career-high 52 games, threw 50 complete games, and led the American Association that year with 34 losses and 232 earned runs allowed. Mays concluded his pitching career in the minor leagues, including stints with Erie (1891, 1893, 1894), Wilkes-Barre (1892), and Peoria (1892). Mays was born in 1865 in

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. He died at age 39 in an accidental drowning in 1905 near Blennerhasset Island in the

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