Merrill May

Name Note: Name presented as Pinky May in some sources

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN us

Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN

Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-093d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1943 (Age 32-258d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Merrill Glend May

Nicknames: Pinky

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Relatives: Father of Milt May

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

2215

610

.275

210

RBI

215

OBP

.354

SLG

.337

OPS

.691

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 25	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 28	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	49	10.0	5	3	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 29	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	May 2 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	1	3	1	5	0
8	8	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	May 4	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	10	May 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-18	CG	49	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	11	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 7	PHI		NYG	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	May 8	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
14	14	May 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 9 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 13 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	17	May 13 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
18	18	May 15	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
19	19	May 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
20	20	May 16 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
21	21	May 17	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	23	May 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 22	PHI		PIT	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	26	May 23 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	27	May 23 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
28	28	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	38	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
29	29	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	30	May 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,8-11	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
31	31	May 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
33	33	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	1	3	2	6	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	35	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	Jun 2	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
38	38	Jun 3	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 4	PHI	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 5 susp	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	T,1-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	45 (3)	Jun 13 susp	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
43	46	Jun 15 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	48 (1)	Jun 16	PHI		BSN	W,2-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
45	50 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	53 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
48	54	Jun 20 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
49	58 (3)	Jun 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,12-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
50	59	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,8-2	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	64 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
53	70 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	PHI		STL	W,15-2	GF	26	6.0	2	1	1	4	0
54	77 (6)	Jul 11 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	78	Jul 11 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,2-14	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	79	Jul 15	PHI		NYG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	80	Jul 17 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	81	Jul 17 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	82	Jul 18 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,6-10	CG	54	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	83	Jul 18 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	84	Jul 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	85	Jul 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	86	Jul 22 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-0	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	87	Jul 22 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	89 (1)	Jul 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	10	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	90	Jul 25 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-7	GF	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	91	Jul 25 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	92	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	93	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
70	94	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
71	95	Jul 28	PHI	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	96	Jul 29	PHI	@	STL	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	97	Jul 30	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	98	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	99	Aug 1 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	100	Aug 1 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
77	101	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
78	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
79	103	Aug 7	PHI	@	NYG	W,9-6	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	104	Aug 8 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
81	105	Aug 8 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
82	106	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	107	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	108	Aug 12	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
85	109	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	110	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	111	Aug 15 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
88	112	Aug 15 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	113	Aug 16	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	114	Aug 17	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
91	115	Aug 18 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
92	116	Aug 18 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	117	Aug 19	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	118	Aug 20	PHI		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	119	Aug 21	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	120	Aug 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
97	121	Aug 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,6-20	CG	55	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
98	122	Aug 24	PHI		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	123	Aug 28	PHI		BRO	L,7-14	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
100	124	Aug 29 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	125	Aug 29 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	126	Aug 31	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	127	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	128	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	129	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
106	130	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	131	Sep 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	40	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
108	132	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	133	Sep 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	134	Sep 11	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	135	Sep 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	136	Sep 14	PHI		NYG	T,4-4	CG	45	10.0	3	3	1	7	2
113	137	Sep 15 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
114	138	Sep 15 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
115	139	Sep 16 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
116	140	Sep 16 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	141	Sep 18 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
118	142	Sep 18 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	143	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	1	5	1	7	1
120	144	Sep 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	13.1	1	3	1	5	1
121	145	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
122	146	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
123	147	Sep 23	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	148	Sep 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	26	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
125	149	Sep 25	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	3	2	2	7	0
126	150	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
127	151	Sep 26 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
128	152	Sep 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	153	Sep 28 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
130	154	Sep 28 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
131	155	Sep 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	156	Oct 3 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	157	Oct 3 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
							132gm		1068.0	142	280	16	438	20