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Carlos May
Carlos May
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 17, 1948 in 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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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 D/7
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

Postseason Batting

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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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1969 *
1972

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-AL-21-2%
1973-AL-29-1%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

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--4th

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

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 25 (885), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1197), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1450), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Cleon Jones (950)
  2. Ken Landreaux (937)
  3. Bobby Tolan (936)
  4. Lee Maye (935)
  5. Wes Parker (935)
  6. Johnny Grubb (934)
  7. Babe Dahlgren (933)
  8. Danny Cater (933)
  9. Johnny Wyrostek (932)
  10. Glenn Wilson (932)
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  1. Clint Hurdle (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sixto Lezcano (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bobby Tolan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Damon (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ron Fairly (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Fairly (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Driessen (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Fairly (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft.

May 18, 1976: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for Ken Brett and Rich Coggins.

September 16, 1977: Purchased by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.

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Name and misspellings: camilio Carlos May

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