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Pinky May
Merrill Glend May

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School Indiana University

Debut April 21, 1939
Final Game October 3, 1943
Born January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN
Died September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN

Father of Milt May

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 28 PHI NL 135  464   49  133  27  3   2   62   4     41  20  .287  .346  .371   96  172  25           1  16
 1940 29 PHI NL 136  501   59  147  24  2   1   48   2     58  33  .293  .371  .355  105  178   8           4   9 MVP-29,AS
 1941 30 PHI NL 142  490   46  131  17  4   0   39   2     55  30  .267  .344  .318   90  156   8           2  18
 1942 31 PHI NL 115  345   25   82  15  0   0   18   3     51  17  .238  .338  .281   86   97  11           1   8
 1943 32 PHI NL 137  415   31  117  19  2   1   48   2     56  21  .282  .369  .345  110  143   9           1  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      665 2215  210  610 102 11   4  215  13  0 261 121  .275  .354  .337   98  746  61   0   0   9  69
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        540   51  149  25  3   1   52   3  0  64  29  .275  .354  .337   98  182  15   0   0   2  17
 Career High    142  501   59  147  27  4   2   62   4  0  58  33  .293  .371  .371  110  178  25   0   0   4  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 28 PHI NL  531  372   59   4.2   100| .287  .275| .346  .340| .371  .394| .717  .734|  96  .466  -1.4  -0.1     
 1940 29 PHI NL  571  371   65   4.7    95| .293  .267| .371  .331| .355  .384| .726  .715| 105  .535   6.5   0.7     
 1941 30 PHI NL  555  385   53   3.7    91| .267  .261| .344  .331| .318  .368| .662  .699|  90  .446  -4.4  -0.5     
 1942 31 PHI NL  408  282   33   3.2    83| .238  .250| .338  .321| .281  .347| .619  .669|  86  .414  -3.2  -0.3     
 1943 32 PHI NL  481  325   53   4.4    86| .282  .260| .369  .328| .345  .353| .714  .681| 110  .549   8.2   0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2546 1735  263   4.1    91| .275  .263| .354  .331| .337  .371| .691  .702|  98  .487   5.7   0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 28 PHI NL 3B 132 153 263 19 28 .956 .942 3.15 2.79 1940 29 PHI NL 3B 135 139 297 21 12 .954 .948 3.23 2.82 AS SS 1 1 6 1 1 .875 .946 7.00 5.00 AS 1941 30 PHI NL 3B 140 194 324 15 31 .972 .949 3.70 3.16 1942 31 PHI NL 3B 107 109 227 13 23 .963 .940 3.14 3.03 1943 32 PHI NL 3B 132 142 280 16 20 .963 .948 3.20 2.97
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 28 PHI NL 3B 132 153 263 19 28 .956 .942 3.15 2.79 1940 29 PHI NL 3B 135 139 297 21 12 .954 .948 3.23 2.82 1941 30 PHI NL 3B 140 194 324 15 31 .972 .949 3.70 3.16 1942 31 PHI NL 3B 107 109 227 13 23 .963 .940 3.14 3.03 1943 32 PHI NL 3B 132 142 280 16 20 .963 .948 3.20 2.97 1940 29 PHI NL SS 1 1 6 1 1 .875 .946 7.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 646 737 1391 84 114 .962 .946 3.29 2.95 SS 1 1 6 1 1 .875 .946 7.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 647 738 1397 85 115 .962 .946 3.30 2.96
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1940   PHI NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1940 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1940-NL-29-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Singles
1940 NL-120-5

Sac. Hits
1939 NL-25-1

Grounded into Double Plays
1939 NL-16-8
1941 NL-18-4
1943 NL-18-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2274) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1672) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  4. Bob Jones (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees in the 1938 rule 5 draft.

May 7, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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