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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:12PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1036. Mark Gardner… #1037. Jeremy Bonderman… #1038. Al Hollingsworth… #1039. JAKIE MAY… #1040. Herm Wehmeier… #1041. Joe Oeschger… #1042. Andy Hawkins… 

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 81 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 2 317 101 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 1 703 115 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 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 Seasons 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 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 95 1.538 9.6 0.3 4.2 3.9 0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1917 21 STL NL 29.1 1 13 13 1 1.0 0 -0.1 $
1918 22 STL NL 152.2 15 83 68 1 1.0 -15 -2.1 $
1919 23 STL NL 125.2 19 64 57 2 1.0 -7 -1.4 $
1920 24 STL NL 70.2 5 38 35 -1 1.0 -3 -0.6 $
1921 25 STL NL 21.0 5 14 12 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
1924 28 CIN NL 99.0 4 39 57 1 1.0 18 1.5 $
1925 29 CIN NL 137.1 12 74 89 4 1.0 15 0.7 $
1926 30 CIN NL 167.2 15 66 97 4 1.0 31 2.5 $
1927 31 CIN NL 235.2 28 110 137 4 1.0 27 2.0 $ MVP-13
1928 32 CIN NL 79.1 11 44 47 1 1.0 3 0.2 $
1929 33 CIN NL 199.0 24 111 137 3 1.0 26 1.8 $
1930 34 CIN NL 112.1 18 83 82 0 1.0 -1 -0.3 $
1931 35 CHC NL 79.0 4 35 45 0 1.0 10 1.1 $
1932 36 CHC NL 53.2 0 34 31 1 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
14 Seasons 1562.1 161 808 907 21 1.0 99 4.6 $
CIN (7 yrs) 1030.1 112 527 646 17 1.0 119 8.4 $
STL (5 yrs) 399.1 45 212 185 3 1.0 -27 -4.4 $
CHC (2 yrs) 132.2 4 69 76 1 1.0 7 0.6 $

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

Standard Batting

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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
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 $

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1917 STL NL 21 P 15 29.1 17 3 14 0 1 1.000 5.22 1.13 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 STL NL 22 P 29 152.2 41 6 33 2 0 .951 2.30 1.34 .965 2.93 2.94
1919 STL NL 23 P 28 125.2 32 1 30 1 0 .969 2.22 1.11 .960 2.93 2.93
1920 STL NL 24 P 16 70.2 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.63 .957 2.80 2.83
1921 STL NL 25 P 5 21.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.29 0.60 .952 2.66 2.66
1924 CIN NL 28 P 38 99.0 23 2 21 0 0 1.000 2.09 0.61 .965 2.52 2.51
1925 CIN NL 29 P 36 137.1 35 5 30 0 2 1.000 2.29 0.97 .957 2.44 2.41
1926 CIN NL 30 P 45 167.2 37 6 30 1 5 .973 1.93 0.80 .958 2.57 2.53
1927 CIN NL 31 P 44 235.2 57 6 51 0 2 1.000 2.18 1.30 .958 2.33 2.31 MVP-13
1928 CIN NL 32 P 21 79.1 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.76 .966 2.42 2.41
1929 CIN NL 33 P 41 199.0 47 6 40 1 2 .979 2.08 1.12 .964 2.39 2.35
1930 CIN NL 34 P 26 112.1 30 6 23 1 1 .967 2.32 1.12 .964 2.21 2.18
1931 CHC NL 35 P 31 79.0 18 4 14 0 3 1.000 2.05 0.58 .959 2.22 2.19
1932 CHC NL 36 P 35 53.2 16 4 10 2 0 .875 2.35 0.40 .957 2.30 2.29
14 Seasons P 410 1562.1 383 53 321 9 17 .977 2.15 0.91 .961 2.52 2.48
14 Seasons TOT 410 1562.1 383 53 321 9 17 .977 2.15 0.91 .961 2.52 2.48
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (116th)

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

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1924 NL  38 (5th)
1926 NL  45 (4th)
1927 NL  44 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1924 NL  1.000 (1st)
1925 NL  1.000 (1st)
1927 NL  1.000 (1st)
1931 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Shellenback (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Grant Jackson (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Rooker (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Rooker (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Roger Craig (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bill Wight (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roger Craig (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192529Cincinnati Reds$6,500Contract at HOF
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,500
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