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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1917 21 STL NL 0 0 3.38 15 1 10 0 0 0 29.1 29 13 11 0 11 18 3 1 2 116 82 1.364 8.9 0.0 3.4 5.5 1.64
1918 22 STL NL 5 6 .455 3.83 29 15 8 6 0 0 152.2 149 83 65 2 69 61 13 0 1 670 72 1.428 8.8 0.1 4.1 3.6 0.88
1919 23 STL NL 3 12 .200 3.22 28 19 6 8 1 0 125.2 99 64 45 1 87 58 14 1 4 553 88 1.480 7.1 0.1 6.2 4.2 0.67
1920 24 STL NL 1 4 .200 3.06 16 5 4 3 0 0 70.2 65 38 24 0 37 33 7 0 2 317 101 1.443 8.3 0.0 4.7 4.2 0.89
1921 25 STL NL 1 3 .250 4.71 5 5 0 1 0 0 21.0 29 14 11 0 12 5 0 0 0 99 79 1.952 12.4 0.0 5.1 2.1 0.42
1924 28 CIN NL 3 3 .500 3.00 38 3 21 2 0 6 99.0 104 39 33 2 29 59 6 0 3 421 126 1.343 9.5 0.2 2.6 5.4 2.03
1925 29 CIN NL 8 9 .471 3.87 36 12 14 7 1 2 137.1 146 74 59 3 45 74 7 0 4 597 106 1.391 9.6 0.2 2.9 4.8 1.64
1926 30 CIN NL 13 9 .591 3.22 45 15 22 9 1 3 167.2 175 66 60 4 44 103 7 1 1 703 114 1.306 9.4 0.2 2.4 5.5 2.34
1927 31 CIN NL 15 12 .556 3.51 44 28 10 17 2 1 235.2 242 110 92 4 70 121 14 0 8 1003 109 1.324 9.2 0.2 2.7 4.6 1.73 MVP-13
1928 32 CIN NL 3 5 .375 4.42 21 11 7 1 1 1 79.1 99 44 39 1 35 39 1 1 1 362 90 1.689 11.2 0.1 4.0 4.4 1.11
1929 33 CIN NL 10 14 .417 4.61 41 24 13 10 0 3 199.0 219 111 102 7 75 92 5 0 2 875 99 1.477 9.9 0.3 3.4 4.2 1.23
1930 34 CIN NL 3 11 .214 5.77 26 18 4 5 1 0 112.1 147 83 72 6 41 44 6 0 3 519 84 1.674 11.8 0.5 3.3 3.5 1.07
1931 35 CHC NL 5 5 .500 3.87 31 4 12 1 0 2 79.0 81 35 34 2 43 38 3 0 0 350 100 1.570 9.2 0.2 4.9 4.3 0.88
1932 36 CHC NL 2 2 .500 4.36 35 0 19 0 0 1 53.2 61 34 26 3 19 20 2 0 0 246 88 1.491 10.2 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.05
14 Yrs 72 95 .431 3.88 410 160 150 70 7 19 1562.1 1645 808 673 35 617 765 88 4 31 6831 97 1.448 9.5 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.24
162 Game Avg. 9 11 .431 3.88 49 19 18 8 1 2 186 196 96 80 4 74 91 10 0 4 815 97 1.448 9.5 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.24
CIN (7 yrs) 55 63 .466 3.99 251 111 91 51 6 16 1030.1 1132 527 457 27 339 532 46 2 22 4480 103 1.428 9.9 0.2 3.0 4.6 1.57
STL (5 yrs) 10 25 .286 3.52 93 45 28 18 1 0 399.1 371 212 156 3 216 175 37 2 9 1755 82 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81
CHC (2 yrs) 7 7 .500 4.07 66 4 31 1 0 3 132.2 142 69 60 5 62 58 5 0 0 596 95 1.538 9.6 0.3 4.2 3.9 0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1917 21 STL NL 29.1 15 1 13 3.99 3.54 0.23 0.00 100.0 3.31 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .498 $
1918 22 STL NL 152.2 29 15 83 4.89 3.61 0.08 0.00 99.1 3.51 -23 -2.6 1.0 -0.1 -1.6 -14 .409 .484 $
1919 23 STL NL 125.2 28 19 64 4.58 3.82 0.18 0.00 97.9 3.57 -13 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .445 .490 $
1920 24 STL NL 70.2 16 5 38 4.84 3.85 -0.09 0.00 97.8 3.85 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .448 .495 $
1921 25 STL NL 21.0 5 5 14 6.00 4.32 0.06 0.00 91.8 3.91 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .409 .497 $
1924 28 CIN NL 99.0 38 3 39 3.55 4.59 0.18 0.00 96.8 4.27 9 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.7 18 .524 .506 $
1925 29 CIN NL 137.1 36 12 74 4.85 5.16 0.40 0.00 97.3 4.63 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.7 12 .491 .498 $6,500
1926 30 CIN NL 167.2 45 15 66 3.54 4.53 0.30 0.00 97.9 4.13 11 1.2 1.0 -0.1 2.5 27 .526 .507 $
1927 31 CIN NL 235.2 44 28 110 4.20 4.64 0.19 0.00 98.2 4.37 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 2.2 28 .511 .503 $ MVP-13
1928 32 CIN NL 79.1 21 11 44 4.99 4.91 0.16 0.00 99.0 4.70 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .488 .498 $
1929 33 CIN NL 199.0 41 24 111 5.02 5.67 0.19 0.00 98.1 5.38 8 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.2 31 .517 .504 $
1930 34 CIN NL 112.1 26 18 83 6.65 5.99 0.02 0.00 96.7 5.77 -11 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 3 .465 .494 $
1931 35 CHC NL 79.0 31 4 35 3.99 4.60 0.01 0.00 100.8 4.63 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.2 13 .520 .504 $
1932 36 CHC NL 53.2 35 0 34 5.70 4.53 0.23 0.00 100.9 4.34 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .477 .495 $
14 Seasons 1562.1 410 160 808 4.65 4.68 0.17 0.00 98.1 4.42 -38 -4.2 1.0 -0.9 7.4 108 .490 .498 $6,500
CIN (7 yrs) 1030.1 251 111 527 4.60 5.05 0.21 0.00 97.8 4.73 15 1.8 1.0 -0.6 9.6 123 .507 .502 $6,500
STL (5 yrs) 399.1 93 45 212 4.78 3.75 0.09 0.00 98.2 3.59 -51 -5.7 1.0 -0.3 -3.0 -25 .438 .493 $
CHC (2 yrs) 132.2 66 4 69 4.68 4.57 0.10 0.00 100.9 4.51 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .497 .499 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1932 36 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 7 6 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 28 2.571 17.4 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33
1 WS 0 1 .000 11.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 9 7 6 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 28 2.571 17.4 0.0 5.8 7.7 1.33

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 22 STL NL 670 0.3% 9.1% 10.3% 1.9% 9% 75%
1919 23 STL NL 553 0.2% 10.5% 15.7% 2.4% 13% 67%
1920 24 STL NL 317 0.0% 10.4% 11.7% 2.2% 11% 71%
1921 25 STL NL 99 0.0% 5.1% 12.1% 83%
1924 28 CIN NL 421 0.5% 14.0% 6.9% 1.2% 5% 75%
1925 29 CIN NL 597 0.5% 12.4% 7.5% 2.9% 12% 77%
1926 30 CIN NL 704 0.6% 14.6% 6.3% 3.1% 13% 75%
1927 31 CIN NL 1003 0.4% 12.1% 7.0% 2.9% 12% 76%
1928 32 CIN NL 362 0.3% 10.8% 9.7% 0.8% 3% 76%
1929 33 CIN NL 875 0.8% 10.5% 8.6% 3.1% 12% 77%
1930 34 CIN NL 519 1.2% 8.5% 7.9% 2.9% 10% 79%
1931 35 CHC NL 350 0.6% 10.9% 12.3% 0.9% 4% 73%
1932 36 CHC NL 246 1.2% 8.1% 7.7% 79%
13 Yrs 6716 0.5% 11.1% 9.0% 2.3% 10% 75%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.5% 7.7% 3.0% 12% 80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1917 21 0 0 3.38 15 1 10 0 0 0 29.1 29 13 11 0 11 18 3 1 2 116 82 1.364 8.9 0.0 3.4 5.5 1.64 82
1918 22 5 6 .455 3.76 44 16 18 6 0 0 182.0 178 96 76 2 80 79 16 1 3 786 73 1.418 8.8 0.1 4.0 3.9 0.99 73
1919 23 8 18 .308 3.54 72 35 24 14 1 0 307.2 277 160 121 3 167 137 30 2 7 1339 79 1.443 8.1 0.1 4.9 4.0 0.82 79
1920 24 9 22 .290 3.45 88 40 28 17 1 0 378.1 342 198 145 3 204 170 37 2 9 1656 82 1.443 8.1 0.1 4.9 4.0 0.83 82
1921 25 10 25 .286 3.52 93 45 28 18 1 0 399.1 371 212 156 3 216 175 37 2 9 1755 82 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 82
1922 26 10 25 .286 3.52 93 45 28 18 1 0 399.1 371 212 156 3 216 175 37 2 9 1755 82 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 82
1923 27 10 25 .286 3.52 93 45 28 18 1 0 399.1 371 212 156 3 216 175 37 2 9 1755 82 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 82
1924 28 13 28 .317 3.41 131 48 49 20 1 6 498.1 475 251 189 5 245 234 43 2 12 2176 90 1.445 8.6 0.1 4.4 4.2 0.96 90
1925 29 21 37 .362 3.51 167 60 63 27 2 8 635.2 621 325 248 8 290 308 50 2 16 2773 94 1.433 8.8 0.1 4.1 4.4 1.06 94
1926 30 34 46 .425 3.45 212 75 85 36 3 11 803.1 796 391 308 12 334 411 57 3 17 3476 98 1.407 8.9 0.1 3.7 4.6 1.23 98
1927 31 49 58 .458 3.46 256 103 95 53 5 12 1039.0 1038 501 400 16 404 532 71 3 25 4479 100 1.388 9.0 0.1 3.5 4.6 1.32 100
1928 32 52 63 .452 3.53 277 114 102 54 6 13 1118.1 1137 545 439 17 439 571 72 4 26 4841 99 1.409 9.2 0.1 3.5 4.6 1.30 99
1929 33 62 77 .446 3.70 318 138 115 64 6 16 1317.1 1356 656 541 24 514 663 77 4 28 5716 99 1.420 9.3 0.2 3.5 4.5 1.29 99
1930 34 65 88 .425 3.86 344 156 119 69 7 16 1429.2 1503 739 613 30 555 707 83 4 31 6235 98 1.439 9.5 0.2 3.5 4.5 1.27 98
1931 35 70 93 .429 3.86 375 160 131 70 7 18 1508.2 1584 774 647 32 598 745 86 4 31 6585 98 1.446 9.4 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.25 98
1932 36 72 95 .431 3.88 410 160 150 70 7 19 1562.1 1645 808 673 35 617 765 88 4 31 6831 97 1.448 9.5 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.24 97

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1917 21 1 1 .500 5.48 23.0 34 16 14 0 13 14 4 2.043 13.3 5.1 5.5 1.08 0.0 15
1918 22 7 12 .368 5.27 176.0 212 114 103 3 98 70 18 1.761 10.8 5.0 3.6 0.71 0.2 29
1919 23 6 8 .429 4.61 127.0 128 72 65 1 112 59 18 1.890 9.1 7.9 4.2 0.53 0.1 28
1920 24 4 3 .571 3.73 70.0 73 32 29 0 42 33 8 1.643 9.4 5.4 4.2 0.79 0.0 16
1921 25 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 31 13 12 0 13 5 0 2.200 14.0 5.9 2.3 0.38 0.0 5
1924 28 6 4 .600 3.18 99.0 110 39 35 2 31 59 6 1.424 10.0 2.8 5.4 1.90 0.2 38
1925 29 8 7 .533 3.56 144.0 148 63 57 3 46 77 7 1.347 9.3 2.9 4.8 1.67 0.2 36
1926 30 10 8 .556 3.47 166.0 184 71 64 4 46 102 7 1.386 10.0 2.5 5.5 2.22 0.2 45
1927 31 14 12 .538 3.63 238.0 253 107 96 4 73 122 15 1.370 9.6 2.8 4.6 1.67 0.2 44
1928 32 4 4 .500 4.33 81.0 102 43 39 1 36 40 1 1.704 11.3 4.0 4.4 1.11 0.1 21
1929 33 12 11 .522 3.90 210.0 212 101 91 7 73 97 5 1.357 9.1 3.1 4.2 1.33 0.3 41
1930 34 6 7 .462 4.50 120.0 137 67 60 6 38 47 6 1.458 10.3 2.9 3.5 1.24 0.5 26
1931 35 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 84 39 35 2 45 38 3 1.654 9.7 5.2 4.4 0.84 0.2 31
1932 36 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 64 30 27 3 20 21 2 1.474 10.1 3.2 3.3 1.05 0.5 35
14 Yrs 86 85 .503 4.07 1609.0 1772 807 727 36 686 784 100 1.528 9.9 4.4 1.14 0.2 410

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)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1926 NL  .591 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1918 NL  3.596 (5th)
1926 NL  5.529 (2nd)
1927 NL  4.621 (3rd)
1929 NL  4.161 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1924 NL  38 (5th)
1925 NL  36 (9th)
1926 NL  45 (4th)
1927 NL  44 (5th)
1929 NL  41 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1924 NL  6 (1st)
1925 NL  2 (8th)
1926 NL  3 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 NL  103 (3rd)
1927 NL  121 (3rd)
1929 NL  92 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1927 NL  2 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1918 NL  69 (7th)
1919 NL  87 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  2.341 (2nd)
1927 NL  1.729 (3rd)
1929 NL  1.227 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 NL  0.215 (8th)
1927 NL  0.153 (6th)
1929 NL  0.317 (2nd)
Career  0.202 (169th)

Losses s c a p y
1929 NL  14 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1925 NL  4 (6th)
1927 NL  8 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1918 NL  13 (1st)
1919 NL  14 (2nd)
1924 NL  6 (6th)
1925 NL  7 (4th)
1926 NL  7 (5th)
1927 NL  14 (1st)
1929 NL  5 (9th)
1930 NL  6 (7th)
Career  88 (118th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1924 NL  21 (1st)
1925 NL  14 (8th)
1926 NL  22 (5th)
1932 NL  19 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (794), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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