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Jakie May

Frank Spruiell May

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 25, 1895 in Youngsville, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1917
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals/Cubs 1917-1932

Final Game: September 25, 1932
Died: June 3, 1970 in Wendell, NC
Buried: Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, NC
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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
1917 21 STL NL 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1918 22 STL NL 29 57 45 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 8 17 .067 .208 .133 .341 6 6 0 4 1
1919 23 STL NL 28 41 37 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .162 .184 .162 .346 7 6 0 3 1
1920 24 STL NL 16 25 22 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .227 .320 .318 .638 85 7 0 0 1
1921 25 STL NL 5 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 107 2 0 0 /1
1924 28 CIN NL 38 28 27 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 .111 .111 .222 .333 -12 6 0 1 1
1925 29 CIN NL 36 46 43 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 9 .186 .239 .256 .495 28 11 0 0 1
1926 30 CIN NL 45 60 48 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 .146 .241 .146 .387 7 7 1 6 1
1927 31 CIN NL 44 87 76 6 14 3 1 0 5 0 3 19 .184 .225 .250 .475 29 19 1 7 1 MVP-13
1928 32 CIN NL 21 30 27 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .296 .296 .296 .593 57 8 0 3 1
1929 33 CIN NL 41 67 64 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 13 .203 .203 .250 .453 14 16 0 3 1
1930 34 CIN NL 26 42 39 3 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 .128 .171 .256 .427 4 10 0 1 1
1931 35 CHC NL 31 24 22 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 .227 .261 .318 .579 54 7 0 1 1
1932 36 CHC NL 35 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 -4 1 0 0 1
14 Seasons 410 527 468 33 80 10 5 2 24 0 0 28 120 .171 .221 .226 .447 21 106 2 29
162 Game Avg. 162 208 185 13 32 4 2 1 9 0 11 47 .171 .221 .226 .447 21 42 1 11
CIN (7 yrs) 251 360 324 26 58 8 4 1 19 0 0 13 74 .179 .215 .238 .453 18 77 2 21
STL (5 yrs) 93 134 114 4 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 13 39 .140 .228 .184 .413 25 21 0 7
CHC (2 yrs) 66 33 30 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 7 .200 .250 .267 .517 38 8 0 1

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
1917 21 STL NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1918 22 STL NL 57 -5 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1919 23 STL NL 41 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1920 24 STL NL 25 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1921 25 STL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1924 28 CIN NL 28 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1925 29 CIN NL 46 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $6,500 1
1926 30 CIN NL 60 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1927 31 CIN NL 87 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1 MVP-13
1928 32 CIN NL 30 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1929 33 CIN NL 67 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
1930 34 CIN NL 42 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
1931 35 CHC NL 24 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1932 36 CHC NL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
14 Seasons 527 -57 0 0 0 0 32 15 -10 -1.1 -10 -1.0 -0.1 $6,500
CIN (7 yrs) 360 -43 0 0 0 0 25 10 -8 -0.6 -8 -0.8 0.2 $6,500
STL (5 yrs) 134 -11 0 0 0 0 4 4 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
CHC (2 yrs) 33 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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
1917 21 STL NL 4 4 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1918 22 STL NL 57 46 1 0.6 77 .074 .067 .258 .208 .315 .133 .333 .341 .648 6 .038 -4.8 -0.6 .333 .244 .067 .0
1919 23 STL NL 41 34 1 0.8 77 .231 .162 .257 .184 .311 .162 .338 .346 .648 7 .061 -4.1 -0.5 .226 .027 .000
1920 24 STL NL 25 17 2 3.2 89 .357 .227 .274 .320 .328 .318 .364 .638 .692 85 .415 -0.4 -0.1 .588 .227 .091
1921 25 STL NL 7 4 1 6.7 104 .333 .333 .294 .429 .344 .333 .405 .762 .749 107 .665 0.2 0.0 .750 .167 .000
1924 28 CIN NL 28 25 1 1.1 103 .143 .111 .289 .111 .344 .222 .402 .333 .746 -12 .066 -4.4 -0.4 .250 .111 .111 .0
1925 29 CIN NL 46 35 3 2.3 112 .235 .186 .298 .239 .355 .256 .425 .495 .780 28 .187 -4.8 -0.5 .400 .140 .070
1926 30 CIN NL 60 47 2 1.1 101 .200 .146 .284 .241 .344 .146 .394 .387 .739 7 .073 -6.2 -0.6 .317 .104 .000
1927 31 CIN NL 87 69 4 1.6 102 .246 .184 .286 .225 .345 .250 .395 .475 .739 29 .121 -7.8 -0.8 .371 .105 .066
1928 32 CIN NL 30 22 2 2.4 107 .308 .296 .288 .296 .352 .296 .409 .593 .761 57 .224 -1.8 -0.2 .421 .000 .000
1929 33 CIN NL 67 54 3 1.5 116 .255 .203 .298 .203 .361 .250 .434 .453 .795 14 .084 -8.6 -0.8 .314 .047 .047
1930 34 CIN NL 42 35 2 1.5 121 .156 .128 .304 .171 .362 .256 .452 .427 .813 4 .078 -6.3 -0.6 .353 .179 .128
1931 35 CHC NL 24 18 2 3.0 105 .313 .227 .288 .261 .347 .318 .406 .579 .753 54 .309 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .136 .091
1932 36 CHC NL 9 7 0 0.0 104 .143 .125 .284 .222 .337 .125 .412 .347 .749 -4 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
14 Seasons 527 417 24 1.5 102 .225 .171 .285 .221 .343 .226 .397 .447 .740 21 .118 -52.7 -5.2 .351 .115 .056 .0
162 Game Avg. 208 165 9 1.5 102 .225 .171 .285 .221 .343 .226 .397 .447 .740 21 .118 -52.7 -5.2 .351 .115 .056
CIN (7 yrs) 360 287 17 1.6 109 .229 .179 .292 .215 .352 .238 .415 .453 .767 18 .109 -39.9 -3.8 .346 .099 .059 .0
STL (5 yrs) 134 105 5 1.3 81 .203 .140 .262 .228 .318 .184 .344 .413 .662 25 .132 -10.1 -1.2 .347 .158 .044 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 33 25 2 2.1 105 .261 .200 .287 .250 .344 .267 .408 .517 .752 38 .195 -2.6 -0.3 .417 .133 .067

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
1932 36 CHC NL WS NYY L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1917 21 STL NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 25%
1918 22 STL NL 57 1.8% 29.8% 14.0% 1.8% 33% 2.13 2.6 45.0 15.0 47%
1919 23 STL NL 41 0.0% 26.8% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 11.00 3.4 63%
1920 24 STL NL 25 0.0% 32.0% 12.0% 4.0% 20% 2.67 2.8 56%
1921 25 STL NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 86%
1924 28 CIN NL 28 3.6% 42.9% 0.0% 3.6% 33% 2.3 27.0 13.5 50%
1925 29 CIN NL 46 0.0% 19.6% 6.5% 4.4% 25% 3.00 4.8 10.8 74%
1926 30 CIN NL 60 0.0% 21.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.60 3.7 58%
1927 31 CIN NL 87 0.0% 21.8% 3.5% 4.6% 29% 6.33 4.0 15.2 66%
1928 32 CIN NL 30 0.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 27.0 13.5 87%
1929 33 CIN NL 67 0.0% 19.4% 0.0% 4.5% 23% 4.9 16.0 76%
1930 34 CIN NL 42 0.0% 16.7% 4.8% 7.1% 60% 3.50 5.6 19.5 76%
1931 35 CHC NL 24 0.0% 25.0% 4.2% 8.3% 40% 6.00 3.7 11.0 67%
1932 36 CHC NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 8.0 78%
14 Seasons 527 0.4% 22.8% 5.3% 3.2% 21% 4.29 3.9 234.0 19.5 66%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.6% 7.7% 6.4% 26% 0.99 11.6 89.4 8.1 80%

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
1917 21 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1918 22 44 61 49 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 8 20 .061 .193 .122 .315 -2 6 0 4
1919 23 72 102 86 2 9 0 0 1 3 0 9 31 .105 .189 .140 .329 2 12 0 7
1920 24 88 127 108 4 14 0 1 1 3 0 0 12 39 .130 .217 .176 .393 20 19 0 7
1921 25 93 134 114 4 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 13 39 .140 .228 .184 .413 25 21 0 7
1922 26 93 134 114 4 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 13 39 .140 .228 .184 .413 25 21 0 7
1923 27 93 134 114 4 16 0 1 1 3 0 0 13 39 .140 .228 .184 .413 25 21 0 7
1924 28 131 162 141 6 19 0 1 2 5 0 0 13 51 .135 .208 .191 .399 18 27 0 8
1925 29 167 208 184 10 27 1 2 2 9 0 0 16 60 .147 .215 .207 .422 21 38 0 8
1926 30 212 268 232 14 34 1 2 2 9 0 0 21 73 .147 .220 .194 .414 18 45 1 14
1927 31 256 355 308 20 48 4 3 2 14 0 0 24 92 .156 .222 .208 .429 21 64 2 21
1928 32 277 385 335 22 56 4 3 2 16 0 0 24 93 .167 .227 .215 .442 23 72 2 24
1929 33 318 452 399 27 69 7 3 2 20 0 0 24 106 .173 .224 .221 .444 22 88 2 27
1930 34 344 494 438 30 74 8 5 2 22 0 0 26 113 .169 .219 .224 .443 20 98 2 28
1931 35 375 518 460 33 79 10 5 2 24 0 0 27 119 .172 .221 .228 .449 22 105 2 29
1932 36 410 527 468 33 80 10 5 2 24 0 0 28 120 .171 .221 .226 .447 21 106 2 29

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
1917 21 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1918 22 37 72 59 4 5 0 0 2 6 0 13 22 .085 .250 .186 .436 3 29
1919 23 32 44 43 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .163 .182 .163 .345 1 28
1920 24 17 28 24 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 .250 .357 .333 .690 3 16
1921 25 5 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 1 5
1924 28 40 29 29 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 13 .138 .138 .241 .379 1 38
1925 29 38 47 44 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 3 10 .159 .213 .227 .440 2 36
1926 30 47 58 51 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 .157 .259 .157 .415 2 45
1927 31 46 84 80 6 15 3 1 0 5 0 3 20 .188 .226 .250 .476 4 44
1928 32 22 28 28 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 21
1929 33 43 67 67 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 14 .194 .194 .239 .433 3 41
1930 34 27 42 40 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 7 .100 .143 .225 .368 1 26
1931 35 32 25 24 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 .250 .280 .333 .613 2 31
1932 36 37 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 35
14 Seasons 439 544 507 36 85 10 5 3 26 0 35 132 .168 .224 .225 .449 25 410
162 Game Avg. 162 201 187 13 31 4 2 1 10 0 13 49 .168 .224 .225 .449 9 410

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1927 NL (13, 8%)
0.08 Career Shares (972nd)

                                          

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