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Milt May
Milton Scott May

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 8, 1970
  vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born August 1, 1950 in Gary, IN

Son of Pinky May and Brother-In-Law of Pat Osburn

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 19 PIT NL   5    4    1    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .500  .600  .750  265    3   0   0   0   1   0
 1971 20 PIT NL  49  126   15   35   1  0   6   25   0  0   9  16  .278  .321  .429  109   54   0   2   3   0   6
 1972 21 PIT NL  57  139   12   39  10  0   0   14   0  0  10  13  .281  .325  .353   94   49   0   2   2   0   3
 1973 22 PIT NL 101  283   29   76   8  1   7   31   0  1  34  26  .269  .349  .378  104  107   1   2  12   2   9
 1974 23 HOU NL 127  405   47  117  17  4   7   54   0  1  39  33  .289  .349  .402  114  163   3   5   8   1   9
 1975 24 HOU NL 111  386   29   93  15  1   4   52   1  2  26  41  .241  .287  .316   73  122   4   3   3   0   7
 1976 25 DET AL   6   25    2    7   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .280  .280  .320   74    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1977 26 DET AL 115  397   32   99   9  3  12   46   0  0  26  31  .249  .291  .378   78  150   8   7   2   0  14
 1978 27 DET AL 105  352   24   88   9  0  10   37   0  0  27  26  .250  .305  .361   85  127   4   2   3   2  13
 1979 28 TOT AL  71  213   24   54  15  0   7   31   0  0  15  28  .254  .307  .423   95   90   2   1   2   2   4
         DET AL   6   11    1    3   2  0   0    3   0  0   1   1  .273  .333  .455  108    5   0   0   1   0   1
         CHW AL  65  202   23   51  13  0   7   28   0  0  14  27  .252  .306  .421   95   85   2   1   1   2   3
 1980 29 SFG NL 111  358   27   93  16  2   6   50   0  1  25  40  .260  .305  .366   90  131   3   6   4   1  13
 1981 30 SFG NL  97  316   20   98  17  0   2   33   1  4  34  29  .310  .376  .383  118  121   3   1  10   0   7 MVP-25
 1982 31 SFG NL 114  395   29  104  19  0   9   39   0  1  28  38  .263  .311  .380   94  150   5   1   8   0   4
 1983 32 TOT NL  73  198   18   49   6  0   6   20   2  2  22  24  .247  .323  .369   94   73   1   0   7   0   6
         SFG NL  66  186   18   46   6  0   6   20   2  2  21  23  .247  .324  .376   97   70   1   0   6   0   6
         PIT NL   7   12    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .250  .308  .250   55    3   0   0   1   0   0
 1984 33 PIT NL  50   96    4   17   3  0   1    8   0  1  10  15  .177  .255  .240   40   23   1   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1192 3693  313  971 147 11  77  443   4 13 305 361  .263  .318  .371   93 1371  35  32  65   9  98
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        502   43  132  20  1  10   60   1  2  41  49  .263  .318  .371   93  186   5   4   9   1  13
 Career High    127  405   47  117  19  4  12   54   2  4  39  41  .310  .376  .402  118  163   8   7  12   2  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 19 PIT NL    5    2    2  26.9   101| .500  .264| .600  .336| .750  .402|1.350  .738| 265  .961   1.1   0.1   0%
 1971 20 PIT NL  137   99   16   4.4    94| .278  .262| .321  .328| .429  .384| .750  .712| 109  .530   1.1   0.1   0%
 1972 21 PIT NL  151  105   16   4.1    91| .281  .255| .325  .323| .353  .377| .678  .701|  94  .507  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1973 22 PIT NL  322  220   36   4.4    95| .269  .260| .349  .329| .378  .387| .727  .716| 104  .514   2.1   0.2   0%
 1974 23 HOU NL  453  306   57   5.0    91| .289  .258| .349  .329| .402  .372| .751  .701| 114  .575   7.8   0.8   0%
 1975 24 HOU NL  419  309   35   3.0    90| .241  .257| .287  .327| .316  .371| .603  .698|  73  .346 -14.1  -1.4  33%
 1976 25 DET AL   25   18    2   3.0    88| .280  .259| .280  .324| .320  .366| .600  .690|  74  .373  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1977 26 DET AL  438  327   42   3.4   104| .249  .272| .291  .337| .378  .414| .669  .751|  78  .366 -14.0  -1.4   0%
 1978 27 DET AL  387  283   37   3.5    96| .250  .264| .305  .330| .361  .390| .666  .720|  85  .405  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1979 28 TOT AL  233  166   27   4.3   102| .254  .270| .307  .335| .423  .409| .730  .743|  95  .463  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         DET AL   12    9    1   3.0   104| .273  .273| .333  .338| .455  .414| .788  .752| 108  .299   0.2   0.0   0%
         CHW AL  221  157   26   4.4   102| .252  .270| .306  .334| .421  .408| .727  .743|  95  .470  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1980 29 SFG NL  393  288   38   3.6    93| .260  .263| .305  .325| .366  .382| .671  .707|  90  .421  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1981 30 SFG NL  354  233   44   5.1    90| .310  .260| .376  .325| .383  .373| .759  .698| 118  .598   8.9   0.9  20%
 1982 31 SFG NL  429  302   47   4.2    94| .263  .264| .311  .327| .380  .384| .691  .711|  94  .498  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1983 32 TOT NL  221  158   22   3.7    94| .247  .260| .323  .328| .369  .385| .692  .713|  94  .443  -1.7  -0.2  50%
         SFG NL  208  149   21   3.8    94| .247  .260| .324  .328| .376  .385| .700  .712|  97  .449  -1.0  -0.1  50%
         PIT NL   13    9    1   3.0    99| .250  .267| .308  .336| .250  .395| .558  .731|  55  .345  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1984 33 PIT NL  107   84    6   1.9    95| .177  .264| .255  .330| .240  .384| .495  .714|  40  .194  -7.9  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4074 2900  427   4.0    94| .263  .263| .318  .329| .371  .385| .689  .714|  93  .462 -36.9  -3.8  23%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 20 PIT NL C 31 168 12 0 3 1.000 .988 5.81 5.63 6.23 6.34 31 260.0 5 3 4 7 1972 21 PIT NL C 33 179 21 3 2 .985 .987 6.06 5.87 6.32 6.61 33 285.0 1 8 12 12 1973 22 PIT NL C 79 402 36 12 4 .973 .987 5.54 5.58 5.91 6.34 78 666.7 5 31 39 20 1974 23 HOU NL C 116 525 63 4 10 .993 .985 5.07 5.37 5.54 6.12 109 955.3 9 34 70 41 1975 24 HOU NL C 102 568 70 9 8 .986 .985 6.25 5.24 6.65 6.03 99 863.0 18 44 65 47 1976 25 DET AL C 6 33 5 0 0 1.000 .982 6.33 4.90 6.37 5.75 6 53.7 0 4 4 4 1977 26 DET AL C 111 551 78 9 12 .986 .986 5.67 5.06 5.82 6.01 107 973.3 0 27 62 49 1978 27 DET AL C 94 406 58 10 5 .979 .983 4.94 4.86 5.20 5.53 89 802.7 5 21 55 35 1979 28 TOT AL C 70 296 28 6 1 .982 .982 4.63 4.69 5.48 5.46 61 532.0 7 18 41 22 DET AL C 5 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 4.00 4.70 7.20 5.47 2 25.0 0 1 5 0 CHW AL C 65 277 27 6 1 .981 .982 4.68 4.69 5.40 5.46 59 507.0 7 17 36 22 1980 29 SFG NL C 103 500 59 8 12 .986 .983 5.43 5.23 6.08 6.09 94 827.0 3 11 91 43 1981 30 SFG NL C 93 468 48 6 4 .989 .983 5.55 5.07 6.07 5.93 86 765.3 4 33 89 33 1982 31 SFG NL C 110 552 61 8 5 .987 .985 5.57 5.52 6.10 6.29 100 904.3 4 17 117 62 1983 32 TOT NL C 60 308 35 6 5 .983 .984 5.72 5.55 6.70 6.57 52 461.0 1 6 55 25 SFG NL C 56 285 32 6 5 .981 .984 5.66 5.55 6.54 6.57 49 436.0 0 5 50 22 PIT NL C 4 23 3 0 0 1.000 .985 6.50 5.55 9.36 6.55 3 25.0 1 1 5 3 1984 33 PIT NL C 26 135 15 1 2 .993 .986 5.77 5.68 7.11 6.53 22 190.0 0 5 20 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 20 PIT NL C 31 168 12 0 3 1.000 .988 5.81 5.63 6.23 6.34 31 260.0 5 3 4 7 1972 21 PIT NL C 33 179 21 3 2 .985 .987 6.06 5.87 6.32 6.61 33 285.0 1 8 12 12 1973 22 PIT NL C 79 402 36 12 4 .973 .987 5.54 5.58 5.91 6.34 78 666.7 5 31 39 20 1974 23 HOU NL C 116 525 63 4 10 .993 .985 5.07 5.37 5.54 6.12 109 955.3 9 34 70 41 1975 24 HOU NL C 102 568 70 9 8 .986 .985 6.25 5.24 6.65 6.03 99 863.0 18 44 65 47 1976 25 DET AL C 6 33 5 0 0 1.000 .982 6.33 4.90 6.37 5.75 6 53.7 0 4 4 4 1977 26 DET AL C 111 551 78 9 12 .986 .986 5.67 5.06 5.82 6.01 107 973.3 0 27 62 49 1978 27 DET AL C 94 406 58 10 5 .979 .983 4.94 4.86 5.20 5.53 89 802.7 5 21 55 35 1979 28 TOT AL C 70 296 28 6 1 .982 .982 4.63 4.69 5.48 5.46 61 532.0 7 18 41 22 DET AL C 5 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 4.00 4.70 7.20 5.47 2 25.0 0 1 5 0 CHW AL C 65 277 27 6 1 .981 .982 4.68 4.69 5.40 5.46 59 507.0 7 17 36 22 1980 29 SFG NL C 103 500 59 8 12 .986 .983 5.43 5.23 6.08 6.09 94 827.0 3 11 91 43 1981 30 SFG NL C 93 468 48 6 4 .989 .983 5.55 5.07 6.07 5.93 86 765.3 4 33 89 33 1982 31 SFG NL C 110 552 61 8 5 .987 .985 5.57 5.52 6.10 6.29 100 904.3 4 17 117 62 1983 32 TOT NL C 60 308 35 6 5 .983 .984 5.72 5.55 6.70 6.57 52 461.0 1 6 55 25 SFG NL C 56 285 32 6 5 .981 .984 5.66 5.55 6.54 6.57 49 436.0 0 5 50 22 PIT NL C 4 23 3 0 0 1.000 .985 6.50 5.55 9.36 6.55 3 25.0 1 1 5 3 1984 33 PIT NL C 26 135 15 1 2 .993 .986 5.77 5.68 7.11 6.53 22 190.0 0 5 20 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1034 5091 589 82 73 .986 .985 5.49 5.26 5.99 6.07 967 8539.3 62 262 724 407 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1034 5091 589 82 73 .986 .985 5.49 5.26 5.99 6.07 967 8539
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   NLCS  PIT SFG     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   2   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   4   5   0   2  0  0  0   2   0   0  .400  .400  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-NL-25-0.00

Batting Average
1981 NL-.310-7

On-base %
1981 NL-.376-8

Intentional Walks
1981 NL-10-4

Youngest Player
1970 NL-19-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1249) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

October 31, 1973: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Houston Astros for Jerry Reuss.

December 6, 1975: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jim Crawford and Dave Roberts to the Detroit Tigers for Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz, and Mark Lemongello.

May 27, 1979: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 19, 1983: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Steve Nicosia.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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