Carl Mays last lived in Oklahoma in 1912. Last pitched in the major leagues in 1929. Last lived anywhere in 1971. But he hasn’t been forgotten by Oklahomans.

The great Mike Sowell, former sports editor of the Tulsa Tribune and former OSU journalism professor, wrote a book about Mays.

Adam Lynn, when he was director of the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher, campaigned to get Mays inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

And now Mark House, the patron saint of Hall of Fame causes, carries the flame. He’s trying to get Mays enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.