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Carlos May

Carlos May

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 17, 1948 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Parker (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1968
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Angels 1968-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
Relatives: Brother of Lee May
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1968 20 CHW AL 17 71 67 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .179 .214 .194 .408 22 13 1 0 1 0 1 7/9
1969 21 CHW AL 100 434 367 62 103 18 2 18 62 1 4 58 66 .281 .385 .488 .873 137 179 11 6 0 3 7 79 AS,RoY-3
1970 22 CHW AL 150 643 555 83 158 28 4 12 68 12 5 79 96 .285 .373 .414 .788 117 230 25 3 0 6 9 *7/3
1971 23 CHW AL 141 574 500 64 147 21 7 7 70 16 7 62 61 .294 .375 .406 .781 118 203 16 6 1 5 5 *3/7
1972 24 CHW AL 148 615 523 83 161 26 3 12 68 23 14 79 70 .308 .405 .438 .843 148 229 10 9 0 4 14 *7/3 AS,MVP-21
1973 25 CHW AL 149 617 553 62 148 20 0 20 96 8 6 53 73 .268 .334 .412 .747 106 228 14 5 1 5 5 D7/3 MVP-29
1974 26 CHW AL 149 604 551 66 137 19 2 8 58 8 9 46 76 .249 .306 .334 .640 82 184 9 1 2 4 3 *7D
1975 27 CHW AL 128 534 454 55 123 19 2 8 53 12 7 67 46 .271 .373 .374 .747 111 170 12 9 0 4 13 37D
1976 28 TOT AL 107 405 351 45 91 13 2 3 43 5 1 43 37 .259 .344 .333 .677 100 117 6 5 1 5 2 D7/3
1976 28 CHW AL 20 72 63 7 11 2 0 0 3 4 0 9 5 .175 .278 .206 .484 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
1976 28 NYY AL 87 333 288 38 80 11 2 3 40 1 1 34 32 .278 .358 .361 .720 112 104 6 5 1 5 2 D/73
1977 29 TOT AL 76 226 199 21 47 7 1 2 17 0 0 22 25 .236 .311 .312 .623 72 62 8 1 1 3 4 D/379
1977 29 NYY AL 65 203 181 21 41 7 1 2 16 0 0 17 24 .227 .292 .309 .601 66 56 7 1 1 3 4 D/79
1977 29 CAL AL 11 23 18 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .333 .478 .333 .812 131 6 1 0 0 0 0 /3D
10 Seasons 1165 4723 4120 545 1127 172 23 90 536 85 53 512 565 .274 .357 .392 .749 111 1615 112 45 7 39 63
162 Game Avg. 162 657 573 76 157 24 3 13 75 12 7 71 79 .274 .357 .392 .749 111 225 16 6 1 5 9
CHW (9 yrs) 1002 4164 3633 486 1000 154 20 85 479 84 52 456 508 .275 .359 .399 .758 113 1449 98 39 5 31 57
NYY (2 yrs) 152 536 469 59 121 18 3 5 56 1 1 51 56 .258 .333 .341 .674 93 160 13 6 2 8 6
CAL (1 yr) 11 23 18 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .333 .478 .333 .812 131 6 1 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 20 CHW AL 71 -6 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -6 -0.8 -5 -0.6 -0.2 $ 7/9
1969 21 CHW AL 434 17 -1 -1 0 -10 -6 12 11 1.2 21 2.3 -1.1 $ 79 AS,RoY-3
1970 22 CHW AL 643 16 0 1 -1 -8 -8 20 20 2.2 28 3.0 -0.8 $ *7/3
1971 23 CHW AL 574 11 -2 -3 0 -12 -9 19 4 0.5 16 1.8 -1.3 $ *3/7
1972 24 CHW AL 615 35 -2 3 2 -10 -8 20 41 5.1 50 6.4 -1.3 $ *7/3 AS,MVP-21
1973 25 CHW AL 617 1 0 2 0 -2 -11 20 10 1.0 12 1.3 -0.3 $70,000 D7/3 MVP-29
1974 26 CHW AL 604 -16 -3 -1 2 1 -8 20 -5 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $70,000 *7D
1975 27 CHW AL 534 7 1 -1 1 -9 -8 17 8 0.9 17 1.7 -0.8 $ 37D
1976 28 CHW AL 72 -5 1 0 0 -1 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ /D7
1976 28 NYY AL 333 6 2 1 0 -0 -8 11 12 1.3 12 1.3 0.0 $ D/73
1977 29 NYY AL 203 -10 0 -2 -1 0 -5 7 -11 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $ D/79
1977 29 CAL AL 23 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /3D
10 Seasons 4723 57 -5 -1 3 -54 -73 151 80 9.1 132 15.3 -6.2 $140,000
CHW (9 yrs) 4164 60 -6 0 4 -53 -60 132 79 9.0 130 15.0 -6.0 $140,000
NYY (2 yrs) 536 -4 2 -1 -1 -0 -13 18 1 0.1 1 0.2 -0.1 $
CAL (1 yr) 23 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 20 CHW AL 71 57 3 1.4 84 .231 .179 .244 .214 .314 .194 .361 .408 .676 22 .159 -6.6 -0.8 .286 .060 .015
1969 21 CHW AL 434 282 69 6.6 100 .297 .281 .261 .385 .339 .488 .394 .873 .733 137 .694 20.3 2.1 .860 .357 .207 1.9
1970 22 CHW AL 643 433 84 5.2 98 .322 .285 .259 .373 .333 .414 .395 .788 .729 117 .588 15.6 1.6 .747 .285 .130 12.0
1971 23 CHW AL 574 382 77 5.4 95 .320 .294 .259 .375 .332 .406 .385 .781 .717 118 .633 14.1 1.5 .745 .254 .112 9.7
1972 24 CHW AL 615 390 96 6.6 85 .335 .308 .250 .405 .319 .438 .361 .843 .680 148 .750 36.1 4.0 .845 .298 .130 15.8
1973 25 CHW AL 617 431 75 4.7 97 .275 .268 .265 .334 .335 .412 .390 .747 .725 106 .534 3.7 0.4 .678 .244 .145 11.4
1974 26 CHW AL 604 438 56 3.4 92 .274 .249 .262 .306 .327 .334 .376 .640 .703 82 .417 -13.2 -1.4 .532 .167 .085 8.0
1975 27 CHW AL 534 354 66 5.0 94 .285 .271 .260 .373 .330 .374 .382 .747 .713 111 .569 9.6 1.0 .717 .262 .104 9.6
1976 28 TOT AL 405 273 44 4.4 86 .278 .259 .256 .344 .321 .333 .361 .677 .682 100 .540 1.7 0.2 .633 .208 .074 3.8
1976 28 CHW AL 72 52 5 2.6 87 .190 .175 .257 .278 .322 .206 .363 .484 .684 43 .314 -4.3 -0.5 .500 .238 .032 .0
1976 28 NYY AL 333 221 39 4.8 86 .298 .278 .256 .358 .320 .361 .361 .720 .681 112 .581 6.0 0.6 .665 .201 .083 1.5
1977 29 TOT AL 226 164 19 3.1 99 .257 .236 .265 .311 .328 .312 .403 .623 .731 72 .325 -7.1 -0.7 .531 .186 .075 .0
1977 29 NYY AL 203 151 16 2.8 99 .247 .227 .265 .292 .329 .309 .403 .601 .732 66 .289 -8.3 -0.8 .503 .177 .083 .0
1977 29 CAL AL 23 13 3 6.2 96 .353 .333 .262 .478 .325 .333 .398 .812 .723 131 .629 1.3 0.1 .846 .278 .000
10 Seasons 4723 3204 589 5.0 94 .296 .274 .259 .357 .329 .392 .382 .749 .711 111 .582 74.4 7.8 .698 .250 .118 87.4
162 Game Avg. 657 446 82 5.0 94 .296 .274 .259 .357 .329 .392 .382 .749 .711 111 .582 10 1 .698 .250 .118 12
CHW (9 yrs) 4164 2819 531 5.1 94 .298 .275 .259 .359 .330 .399 .382 .758 .712 113 .594 75.5 7.8 .710 .258 .124 84.5
NYY (2 yrs) 536 372 55 4.0 91 .279 .258 .260 .333 .324 .341 .377 .674 .701 93 .472 -2.3 -0.2 .599 .192 .083 1.7
CAL (1 yr) 23 13 3 6.2 96 .353 .333 .262 .478 .325 .333 .398 .812 .723 131 .629 1.3 0.1 .846 .278 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 28 NYY AL ALCS KCR W 3 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .300 .573 3 0 0 0 0 1
1976 28 NYY AL WS CIN L 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 7 20 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .105 .150 .158 .308 3 0 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 3 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .300 .573 3 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 CHW AL 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHW AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 20 CHW AL 71 0.0% 21.1% 4.2% 1.4% 8% 5.00 4.5 67.0 0.95 73%
1969 21 CHW AL 434 4.2% 15.2% 13.4% 8.8% 37% 1.14 5.6 20.4 5.9 1.33 66%
1970 22 CHW AL 643 1.9% 14.9% 12.3% 6.8% 28% 1.22 5.8 46.3 8.2 1.73 70%
1971 23 CHW AL 574 1.2% 10.6% 10.8% 6.1% 24% 0.98 8.2 71.4 7.1 1.38 76%
1972 24 CHW AL 615 2.0% 11.4% 12.9% 6.7% 26% 0.89 7.5 43.6 7.7 1.37 72%
1973 25 CHW AL 617 3.2% 11.8% 8.6% 6.5% 27% 1.38 7.6 27.7 5.8 1.32 75%
1974 26 CHW AL 604 1.3% 12.6% 7.6% 4.8% 21% 1.65 7.3 68.9 9.5 1.44 78%
1975 27 CHW AL 534 1.5% 8.6% 12.6% 5.4% 24% 0.69 9.9 56.8 8.6 1.07 76%
1976 28 TOT AL 405 0.7% 9.1% 10.6% 4.4% 20% 0.86 9.5 117.0 8.2 1.42 78%
1976 28 CHW AL 72 0.0% 6.9% 12.5% 2.8% 18% 0.56 12.6 21.0 2.13 81%
1976 28 NYY AL 333 0.9% 9.6% 10.2% 4.8% 20% 0.94 9.0 96.0 7.2 1.29 77%
1977 29 TOT AL 226 0.9% 11.1% 9.7% 4.4% 21% 1.14 8.0 99.5 11.7 1.92 77%
1977 29 NYY AL 203 1.0% 11.8% 8.4% 4.9% 24% 1.41 7.5 90.5 11.3 1.72 78%
1977 29 CAL AL 23 0.0% 4.4% 21.7% 0.0% 0% 0.20 18.0 18.0 11.00 74%
10 Seasons 4723 1.9% 12.0% 10.8% 6.0% 25% 1.10 7.3 45.8 7.7 1.39 74%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.1% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.3 46.0 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 20 CHW AL -6.6 -0.8 71 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 .97 -0.8 -0.1 -7.7 -0.9 0.90 -7.4 0
1969 21 CHW AL 20.3 2.1 444 4.0 11.3 -7.3 1.11 2.7 1.0 28.9 2.9 0.95 29.6 1.33 2
1970 22 CHW AL 15.6 1.6 674 1.4 12.1 -10.7 1.01 2.4 -1.1 22.7 2.3 0.95 23.2 1.60 2
1971 23 CHW AL 14.1 1.5 601 1.2 10.9 -9.6 1.02 1.4 -0.2 21.2 2.2 0.95 13.6 2.38 5
1972 24 CHW AL 36.1 4.0 666 6.4 16.0 -9.6 1.10 4.0 1.8 37.4 4.0 1.01 36.0 3.35 1
1973 25 CHW AL 3.7 0.4 639 1.8 12.3 -10.4 1.00 1.1 0.7 15.6 1.5 0.98 11.5 4.39 2
1974 26 CHW AL -13.2 -1.4 625 -0.5 10.6 -11.0 1.06 -0.7 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.98 -3.7 3.01 12
1975 27 CHW AL 9.6 1.0 558 0.0 9.4 -9.4 1.04 0.4 -0.3 5.5 0.6 0.98 3.1 2.86 2
1976 28 TOT AL 1.7 0.2 419 0.2 6.8 -6.6 .98 0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.99 1.7 1.95 15
1976 28 CHW AL -4.3 -0.5 77 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .82 -0.5 0.0 -3.3 -0.4 0.92 -4.4 1.68 3
1976 28 NYY AL 6.0 0.6 342 0.6 6.2 -5.6 1.01 0.6 -0.0 3.2 0.3 1.00 6.1 2.02 12
1977 29 TOT AL -7.1 -0.7 227 -0.8 2.7 -3.5 .83 -1.0 0.0 -12.2 -1.2 0.94 -14.3 0.78 15
1977 29 NYY AL -8.3 -0.8 203 -0.9 2.4 -3.3 .85 -1.0 -0.0 -12.8 -1.3 0.95 -14.3 1.05 9
1977 29 CAL AL 1.3 0.1 24 0.1 0.3 -0.2 .70 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.81 0.0 0.36 6
10 Seasons 74.5 7.8 4924 12.9 92.4 -79.5 1.03 9.5 3.0 112.1 11.4 0.97 93.3 2.01 56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 20 CHW AL 1 0 27% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1969 21 CHW AL 4 0 30% 174 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 8 46% 27 20 7 7 4 3 18 4 14
1970 22 CHW AL 11 0 31% 277 12 5 71% 10 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 5 24 43% 40 32 7 6 6 0 26 2 24
1971 23 CHW AL 2 0 27% 254 16 7 70% 15 6 0 0 1 1 3 0 15 8 51% 30 15 15 6 3 3 11 2 6
1972 24 CHW AL 13 0 30% 304 23 14 62% 20 14 3 0 0 0 6 1 11 15 43% 36 25 11 9 5 4 28 8 16
1973 25 CHW AL 12 0 23% 219 8 6 57% 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 12 46% 32 22 9 8 5 2 17 2 15
1974 26 CHW AL 10 0 33% 234 8 9 47% 7 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 11 48% 39 24 12 9 4 4 15 1 14
1975 27 CHW AL 6 0 25% 225 12 7 63% 11 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 13 46% 29 21 8 9 5 4 21 6 15
1976 28 TOT AL 8 0 31% 176 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 52% 26 12 12 9 4 5 9 2 6
1976 28 CHW AL 1 0 35% 27 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 4 3 1 2 0 2 4 2 2
1976 28 NYY AL 7 0 30% 149 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 53% 22 9 11 7 4 3 5 0 4
1977 29 TOT AL 1 0 28% 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 29% 14 11 3 4 2 2 6 4 2
1977 29 NYY AL 1 0 33% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 32% 12 9 3 4 2 2 6 4 2
1977 29 CAL AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 68 0 29% 1957 85 53 62% 77 47 7 4 1 3 15 1 62 106 45% 277 184 86 68 39 27 151 31 112

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 20 CHW AL 71 83% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 5 1 20% 35 1 3% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1969 21 CHW AL 434 72% 103 2 1 1 1 1.33 18 1 10 14 4 8 10 0 0 0 84 11 13% 28 7 25% 272 46 17% 22 12 55% 14 4 29% 0
1970 22 CHW AL 643 66% 158 2 0 0 0 1.60 12 0 12 11 1 9 3 0 0 0 157 25 16% 58 27 47% 415 57 14% 40 21 53% 35 23 66% 0
1971 23 CHW AL 574 69% 147 5 2 0 2 2.38 7 1 16 6 1 2 5 1 4 1 25% 122 16 13% 56 17 30% 338 64 19% 27 17 63% 21 10 48% 0
1972 24 CHW AL 615 70% 161 1 0 0 0 3.35 12 1 17 10 2 9 3 0 0 0 124 10 8% 41 13 32% 408 62 15% 35 20 57% 15 10 67% 0
1973 25 CHW AL 617 64% 148 2 0 0 0 4.39 20 0 16 16 4 13 7 0 1 1 100% 129 14 11% 67 21 31% 412 77 19% 33 19 58% 25 12 48% 0
1974 26 CHW AL 604 69% 137 12 0 0 0 3.01 8 0 18 7 1 4 4 0 2 2 100% 134 9 7% 53 19 36% 407 56 14% 37 21 57% 19 12 63% 0
1975 27 CHW AL 534 73% 123 2 0 0 0 2.86 8 0 10 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 126 12 10% 60 17 28% 370 48 13% 35 17 49% 31 21 68% 0
1976 28 TOT AL 405 80% 91 15 7 0 4 1.95 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 50% 64 6 9% 36 18 50% 275 46 17% 32 22 69% 14 12 86% 0
1976 28 CHW AL 72 86% 11 3 0 0 0 1.68 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 1 50% 40 4 10% 6 4 67% 1 1 100% 0
1976 28 NYY AL 333 78% 80 12 7 0 4 2.02 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 50% 56 6 11% 34 17 50% 235 42 18% 26 18 69% 13 11 85% 0
1977 29 TOT AL 226 92% 47 15 6 0 3 0.78 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 42 8 19% 20 8 40% 149 16 11% 18 9 50% 8 5 63% 0
1977 29 NYY AL 203 93% 41 9 3 0 3 1.05 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 39 7 18% 20 8 40% 139 15 11% 18 9 50% 8 5 63% 0
1977 29 CAL AL 23 83% 6 6 3 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 10 1 10% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 4723 71% 1127 56 16 1 10 2.01 90 3 116 75 15 49 41 1 12 7 58% 995 112 11% 424 148 35% 3081 473 15% 282 158 56% 183 110 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 20 17 71 67 4 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .179 .214 .194 .408 22 13 1 0 1 0 1
1969 21 117 505 434 66 115 19 2 18 63 1 4 61 81 .265 .361 .442 .804 121 192 12 6 1 3 8
1970 22 267 1148 989 149 273 47 6 30 131 13 9 140 177 .276 .368 .427 .795 119 422 37 9 1 9 17
1971 23 408 1722 1489 213 420 68 13 37 201 29 16 202 238 .282 .370 .420 .790 119 625 53 15 2 14 22
1972 24 556 2337 2012 296 581 94 16 49 269 52 30 281 308 .289 .379 .424 .804 126 854 63 24 2 18 36
1973 25 705 2954 2565 358 729 114 16 69 365 60 36 334 381 .284 .370 .422 .792 122 1082 77 29 3 23 41
1974 26 854 3558 3116 424 866 133 18 77 423 68 45 380 457 .278 .359 .406 .765 115 1266 86 30 5 27 44
1975 27 982 4092 3570 479 989 152 20 85 476 80 52 447 503 .277 .361 .402 .763 114 1436 98 39 5 31 57
1976 28 1089 4497 3921 524 1080 165 22 88 519 85 53 490 540 .275 .359 .396 .755 113 1553 104 44 6 36 59
1977 29 1165 4723 4120 545 1127 172 23 90 536 85 53 512 565 .274 .357 .392 .749 111 1615 112 45 7 39 63

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 20 17 71 68 4 13 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 .191 .225 .206 .431 3 17
1969 21 100 436 368 63 104 18 2 18 63 1 59 66 .283 .388 .489 .877 69 100
1970 22 150 651 560 87 163 29 4 12 71 12 82 96 .291 .381 .421 .802 90 150
1971 23 142 589 512 71 157 22 7 7 77 17 66 61 .307 .389 .418 .807 84 141
1972 24 155 681 571 107 193 31 4 14 88 28 95 73 .338 .439 .480 .919 118 148
1973 25 149 621 557 65 152 21 0 21 100 8 54 73 .273 .340 .424 .763 79 149
1974 26 149 614 560 74 146 20 2 9 65 9 49 76 .261 .319 .352 .671 63 149
1975 27 129 548 463 60 130 20 2 8 58 13 71 46 .281 .385 .384 .769 67 128
1976 28 108 422 363 53 101 14 2 3 50 6 48 37 .278 .367 .353 .720 47 107
1977 29 76 226 200 22 48 7 1 2 18 0 22 25 .240 .314 .315 .629 20 76
10 Seasons 1175 4859 4222 606 1207 183 24 94 591 94 549 568 .286 .371 .407 .779 640 1165
162 Game Avg. 162 670 582 84 166 25 3 13 81 13 76 78 .286 .371 .407 .779 88 1165

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 *
1972

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 AL (21, 2%)
1973 AL (29, 1%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1972 AL  5.1 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1972 AL  6.4 (4th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1971 AL  .294 (7th)
1972 AL  .308 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1972 AL  .405 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1972 AL  .843 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1972 AL  83 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  161 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1972 AL  229 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1973 AL  96 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  79 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1971 AL  16 (10th)
1972 AL  23 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1972 AL  120 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1972 AL  148 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1972 AL  96 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1972 AL  36 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1972 AL  4.0 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1972 AL  249 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1972 AL  .750 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 AL  9 (3rd)
1975 AL  9 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL  14 (5th)
1975 AL  13 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1970 AL  25 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 AL  14 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1972 AL  15.8 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1972 AL  37.39 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1969 AL  4.0 (9th)
1972 AL  6.4 (2nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1972 AL  4.0 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1972 AL  4.0 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1968 AL  born 1948-05-17 (2nd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 25 (897), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1244), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1450), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: camilio Carlos May

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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