Jakie May
Frank Spruiell May
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 25, 1895 in Youngsville, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1917
Final Game: September 25, 1932
Died: June 3, 1970 in Wendell, NC
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Standard Pitching

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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 79 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 71 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 87 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 2 317 100 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 77 1.952 12.4 0.0 5.1 2.1 0.42
1924 28 CIN NL 3 3 .500 3.00 38 4 21 2 0 6 99.0 104 39 33 2 29 59 6 0 3 421 125 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 1 703 115 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 108 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 89 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 86 1.491 10.2 0.5 3.2 3.4 1.05
14 Seasons 72 95 .431 3.88 410 161 150 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 73 91 10 0 4 813 97 1.448 9.5 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.24
CIN (7 yrs) 55 63 .466 3.99 251 112 91 51 6 16 1030.1 1132 527 457 27 339 532 46 2 22 4480 102 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 81 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 94 1.538 9.6 0.3 4.2 3.9 0.94

Postseason Pitching

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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

Cumulative Pitching

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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 79 1.364 8.9 0.0 3.4 5.5 1.64 79
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 72 1.418 8.8 0.1 4.0 3.9 0.99 72
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 77 1.443 8.1 0.1 4.9 4.0 0.82 77
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 81 1.443 8.1 0.1 4.9 4.0 0.83 81
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 81 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 81
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 81 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 81
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 81 1.470 8.4 0.1 4.9 3.9 0.81 81
1924 28 13 28 .317 3.41 131 49 49 20 1 6 498.1 475 251 189 5 245 234 43 2 12 2176 89 1.445 8.6 0.1 4.4 4.2 0.96 89
1925 29 21 37 .362 3.51 167 61 63 27 2 8 635.2 621 325 248 8 290 308 50 2 16 2773 93 1.433 8.8 0.1 4.1 4.4 1.06 93
1926 30 34 46 .425 3.45 212 76 85 36 3 11 803.1 796 391 308 12 334 411 57 3 17 3476 97 1.407 8.9 0.1 3.7 4.6 1.23 97
1927 31 49 58 .458 3.46 256 104 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 3.53 277 115 102 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 3.70 318 139 115 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 3.86 344 157 119 69 7 16 1429.2 1503 739 613 30 555 707 83 4 31 6235 97 1.439 9.5 0.2 3.5 4.5 1.27 97
1931 35 70 93 .429 3.86 375 161 131 70 7 18 1508.2 1584 774 647 32 598 745 86 4 31 6585 97 1.446 9.4 0.2 3.6 4.4 1.25 97
1932 36 72 95 .431 3.88 410 161 150 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

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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 5.04 25.0 31 16 14 0 12 15 3 1.720 11.2 4.3 5.4 1.25 0.0 15
1918 22 7 12 .368 5.24 177.0 210 114 103 3 97 71 18 1.734 10.7 4.9 3.6 0.73 0.2 29
1919 23 6 8 .429 4.64 128.0 127 73 66 1 112 59 18 1.867 8.9 7.9 4.1 0.53 0.1 28
1920 24 4 3 .571 3.68 71.0 72 32 29 0 41 33 8 1.592 9.1 5.2 4.2 0.80 0.0 16
1921 25 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 30 13 12 0 12 5 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 2.1 0.42 0.0 5
1924 28 7 4 .636 3.15 100.0 108 39 35 2 30 60 6 1.380 9.7 2.7 5.4 2.00 0.2 38
1925 29 9 7 .563 3.56 144.0 147 63 57 3 45 78 7 1.333 9.2 2.8 4.9 1.73 0.2 36
1926 30 10 8 .556 3.38 168.0 180 70 63 4 45 103 7 1.339 9.6 2.4 5.5 2.29 0.2 45
1927 31 14 12 .538 3.60 240.0 250 107 96 4 72 123 14 1.342 9.4 2.7 4.6 1.71 0.2 44
1928 32 4 5 .444 4.28 82.0 100 43 39 1 35 40 1 1.646 11.0 3.8 4.4 1.14 0.1 21
1929 33 12 11 .522 3.88 211.0 211 101 91 7 72 98 5 1.341 9.0 3.1 4.2 1.36 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 3.99 79.0 83 39 35 2 44 38 3 1.608 9.5 5.0 4.3 0.86 0.2 31
1932 36 3 3 .500 4.26 57.0 65 30 27 3 20 21 2 1.491 10.3 3.2 3.3 1.05 0.5 35
14 Seasons 88 86 .506 4.03 1623.0 1751 807 727 36 675 791 98 1.495 9.7 4.4 1.17 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 (957th)

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  .215 (8th)
1927 NL  .153 (6th)
1929 NL  .317 (2nd)
Career  .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 (6th)
Career  88 (91st)

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 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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