Carlos May
Carlos May
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 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
Final Game: October 2, 1977
Relatives: Brother of Lee May
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CHW AL 20 OF 17 17 142.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -1.6 -13.5 -0.6 -1.2 0.6 -1 1.52 1.41 .980 2.08 1.80
1968 CHW AL 20 LF 15 15 126.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -1.2 -11.4 -0.2 -1.2 1.0 -1 1.57 1.47 .978 1.85 1.45
1968 CHW AL 20 RF 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.69 1.50 .967 1.86 1.55
1969 CHW AL 21 OF 100 98 863.2 167 154 10 3 0 .982 -10.5 -14.6 -9.5 -4.4 -5.2 -1 1.71 1.64 .978 2.13 1.84 AS,RoY-3
1969 CHW AL 21 LF 80 77 689.1 135 123 9 3 0 .978 -5.4 -9.4 -4.4 -2.6 -1.9 -1 1.72 1.65 .978 1.99 1.60 AS,RoY-3
1969 CHW AL 21 RF 22 21 174.1 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -5.1 -35.1 -5.1 -1.8 -3.3 0 1.50 1.32 .972 1.91 1.60 AS,RoY-3
1970 CHW AL 22 LF 141 141 1209.0 213 199 12 2 2 .991 -7.4 -7.3 -11.4 -6.0 -5.5 4 1.57 1.50 .978 1.81 1.48
1970 CHW AL 22 OF 141 141 1209.0 217 203 12 2 2 .991 -7.4 -7.3 -11.4 -6.0 -5.5 4 1.60 1.52 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CHW AL 22 1B 7 7 66.1 86 73 11 2 6 .977 -1.0 -18.1 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 0 11.40 12.00 .991 9.58 8.14
1971 CHW AL 23 1B 130 123 1117.0 1278 1189 71 18 90 .986 -13.2 -14.2 -13.2 -5.9 -7.3 0 10.15 9.69 .992 8.06 7.69
1971 CHW AL 23 LF 9 9 71.2 18 16 1 1 1 .944 0.8 13.4 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 2.13 1.89 .983 1.93 1.60
1971 CHW AL 23 OF 9 9 71.2 19 17 1 1 0 .947 0.8 13.4 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 2.26 2.00 .984 2.24 1.96
1972 CHW AL 24 LF 145 144 1254.1 227 210 13 4 2 .982 -9.1 -8.7 -11.1 -6.1 -5.0 2 1.60 1.54 .980 1.89 1.53 AS,MVP-21
1972 CHW AL 24 OF 145 144 1254.1 232 215 13 4 2 .983 -9.1 -8.7 -11.1 -6.1 -5.0 2 1.64 1.57 .983 2.22 1.91 AS,MVP-21
1972 CHW AL 24 1B 5 2 25.0 35 32 2 1 0 .971 -0.4 -19.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0 12.24 6.80 .991 9.76 8.04 AS,MVP-21
1973 CHW AL 25 DH 75 MVP-29
1973 CHW AL 25 LF 70 70 585.2 126 118 7 1 1 .992 -2.0 -4.1 -2.0 0.6 -2.6 0 1.92 1.79 .977 2.00 1.68 MVP-29
1973 CHW AL 25 OF 70 70 585.2 126 118 7 1 0 .992 -2.0 -4.1 -2.0 0.6 -2.6 0 1.92 1.79 .979 2.29 2.02 MVP-29
1973 CHW AL 25 1B 2 2 18.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 13.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.00 6.00 .992 9.85 8.25 MVP-29
1974 CHW AL 26 LF 129 126 1116.2 260 246 11 3 1 .988 1.2 1.3 -0.8 -1.3 0.5 2 2.07 1.99 .973 2.12 1.75
1974 CHW AL 26 OF 129 126 1116.2 259 245 11 3 1 .988 1.2 1.3 -0.8 -1.3 0.5 2 2.06 1.98 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 CHW AL 26 DH 13
1975 CHW AL 27 1B 63 62 527.0 560 508 46 6 54 .989 -1.9 -4.3 -1.9 -1.2 -0.7 0 9.46 8.79 .990 9.84 8.32
1975 CHW AL 27 LF 46 45 384.0 79 71 6 2 1 .975 -6.7 -20.9 -4.7 -1.3 -3.5 -2 1.80 1.67 .977 2.18 1.80
1975 CHW AL 27 OF 46 45 384.0 80 72 6 2 1 .975 -6.7 -20.9 -4.7 -1.3 -3.5 -2 1.83 1.70 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 CHW AL 27 DH 19
1976 TOT AL 28 DH 81
1976 TOT AL 28 LF 16 15 127.2 32 31 0 1 0 .969 -1.3 -12.2 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 -1 2.19 1.94 .978 2.23 1.91
1976 TOT AL 28 OF 16 15 127.2 33 32 0 1 0 .970 -1.3 -12.2 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 -1 2.26 2.00 .979 2.47 2.21
1976 CHW AL 28 DH 10
1976 CHW AL 28 LF 9 8 59.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -20.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 1.96 1.44 .977 2.23 1.91
1976 CHW AL 28 OF 9 8 59.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -20.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 1.96 1.44 .977 2.47 2.21
1976 NYY AL 28 DH 71
1976 NYY AL 28 LF 7 7 68.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.3 -5.3 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 0 2.38 2.57 .979 2.22 1.91
1976 NYY AL 28 OF 7 7 68.0 20 19 0 1 0 .950 -0.3 -5.3 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 0 2.51 2.71 .980 2.48 2.21
1976 NYY AL 28 1B 1 1 8.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.12 9.00 .989 9.90 8.90
1977 TOT AL 29 DH 54
1977 NYY AL 29 DH 53
1977 NYY AL 29 OF 4 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.5 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.23 0.75 .967 2.33 2.02
1977 NYY AL 29 LF 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 1.06 1.00 1.000 2.12 1.75
1977 NYY AL 29 RF 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.60 1.00 .950 2.16 1.70
1977 CAL AL 29 1B 3 3 24.0 17 15 2 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -40.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 6.38 5.67 .988 10.01 8.80
1977 CAL AL 29 DH 1
10 Seasons OF 677 667 5776.2 1161 1083 60 18 6 .984 -36.5 -7.6 -39.5 -18.1 -21.7 3 1.78 1.69 .980 2.25 1.96
10 Seasons LF 653 644 5581.1 1115 1038 59 18 8 .984 -31.2 -6.7 -34.2 -16.3 -18.2 3 1.77 1.68 .977 1.97 1.62
5 Seasons DH 242
7 Seasons 1B 211 200 1785.1 1997 1837 133 27 151 .986 -17.1 -11.5 -17.1 -6.3 -10.7 0 9.93 9.34 .991 8.72 7.93
3 Seasons RF 26 23 195.1 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -5.3 -32.6 -5.3 -1.8 -3.5 0 1.57 1.31 .971 1.91 1.60
10 Seasons TOT 888 867 7562.0 3158 2920 193 45 157 .986 -53.6 -8.5 -56.6 -24.4 -32.4 3 0 3.70 3.51 .973 3.77 3.38
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CHW AL 20 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 17 0 0
1969 CHW AL 21 100 98 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 22 100 2 0
1970 CHW AL 22 150 148 150 150 0 0 7 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 2 0
1971 CHW AL 23 141 132 141 141 0 0 130 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 7 1
1972 CHW AL 24 148 146 148 148 0 0 5 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 2 0
1973 CHW AL 25 149 147 149 72 0 0 2 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 75 2 0
1974 CHW AL 26 149 137 149 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 129 11 12 0
1975 CHW AL 27 128 125 128 107 0 0 63 0 0 0 46 0 0 46 18 3 0
1976 NYY AL 28 87 73 87 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 65 14 0
1976 CHW AL 28 20 17 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 9 3 0
1977 NYY AL 29 65 52 65 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 50 11 0
1977 CAL AL 29 11 4 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
10 Seasons 1165 1096 1165 888 0 0 211 0 0 0 653 0 26 677 229 65 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 CHW AL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 19 12 63.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 548 64% 77% 23% 49 45%
1969 CHW AL 21 3 0 3 0 0 9 0 4 1 3 32 27 0 20 1 2 14 5 1 5 2 0 13 13 0 84 48 57.1% 33 3 3.6% 6 3075 64% 78% 22% 291 45%
1970 CHW AL 22 2 0 2 0 0 12 0 3 3 5 52 47 2 41 9 1 33 18 2 8 1 1 20 19 0 154 94 61.0% 54 6 3.9% 6 5473 62% 79% 22% 535 39%
1971 CHW AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2 33.3% 3 1 16.7% 0 310 63% 81% 28% 34 47%
1972 CHW AL 24 4 0 4 0 2 13 0 8 0 4 48 38 0 35 6 3 27 18 1 6 1 0 16 15 1 132 78 59.1% 49 5 3.8% 8 5384 66% 76% 24% 535 42%
1973 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 2 2 2 25 19 0 21 3 1 17 10 0 7 2 1 10 10 0 80 44 55.0% 34 2 2.5% 5 2643 65% 77% 24% 296 42%
1974 CHW AL 26 3 0 2 1 0 11 0 3 3 5 63 54 1 50 6 2 35 19 2 14 2 0 14 13 1 176 94 53.4% 76 6 3.4% 5 4988 69% 79% 27% 593 43%
1975 CHW AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 6 0 4 1 1 20 15 1 15 0 1 6 2 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 49 20 40.8% 27 2 4.1% 4 1709 68% 79% 27% 188 41%
1976 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 270 63% 76% 21% 37 35%
1976 NYY AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 300 52% 83% 26% 34 53%
1977 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 70 63% 89% 21% 4 50%
10 Seasons 18 0 17 1 5 59 0 25 10 20 259 214 4 196 27 10 137 76 6 47 9 2 83 78 3 722 404 56.0% 293 25 3.5% 34 24770 65% 78% 24% 2596 42%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 61% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 CHW AL 22 317 50% 79% 29% 25 88% 0 73 5 67 1 9 10 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1971 CHW AL 23 4887 65% 77% 28% 221 95% 2 1197 59 1126 19 95 65 47 7 2 2 18 8 9 1 8 90 4 0 0 83 4 7 0 7 19 95%
1972 CHW AL 24 116 70% 79% 27% 9 89% 0 30 1 28 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 CHW AL 25 79 81% 71% 14% 4 100% 0 11 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 27 2450 66% 76% 24% 109 95% 1 509 34 465 10 33 47 23 11 0 1 6 0 4 2 3 54 4 0 0 52 4 2 1 1 2 100%
1976 NYY AL 28 37 95% 86% 24% 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CAL AL 29 126 60% 76% 17% 2 100% 0 13 1 12 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 8012 65% 77% 26% 370 95% 3 1842 103 1715 31 142 128 80 19 3 4 27 8 15 4 13 151 8 1 0 142 9 9 1 8 26 96%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 CHW AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 61 57% 77% 21% 8 38%
1969 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 3 0 7 3 0 6 2 1 3 1 0 3 3 0 28 12 42.9% 15 1 3.6% 0 831 66% 78% 20% 73 40%
1977 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 27 59% 89% 22% 5 40%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 4 0 8 3 0 7 2 1 5 2 0 4 4 0 34 15 44.1% 18 1 2.9% 0 919 66% 79% 20% 86 40%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 61% 78% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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