Jerry May

Jerry Lee May

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 14, 1943 in Staunton, VA
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1964
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/Mets 1964-1973

Final Game: June 3, 1973
Died: June 30, 1996 in Swoope, VA
Buried: Union Cemetery, Parnassus, VA
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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
1964 20 PIT NL 11 35 31 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .258 .314 .258 .572 64 8 1 0 0 1 0 2
1965 21 PIT NL 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 182 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1966 22 PIT NL 42 56 52 6 13 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 15 .250 .291 .385 .676 86 20 0 1 1 0 1 2
1967 23 PIT NL 110 365 325 23 88 13 2 3 22 0 0 36 55 .271 .348 .351 .699 101 114 14 3 0 1 19 *2
1968 24 PIT NL 137 467 416 26 91 15 2 1 33 0 0 41 80 .219 .293 .272 .564 72 113 10 3 6 1 12 *2
1969 25 PIT NL 62 205 190 21 44 8 0 7 23 1 1 9 53 .232 .268 .384 .653 83 73 2 2 0 4 0 2
1970 26 PIT NL 51 163 139 13 29 4 2 1 16 0 0 21 25 .209 .313 .288 .601 65 40 3 1 0 2 6 2
1971 27 KCR AL 71 249 218 16 55 13 2 1 24 0 0 27 37 .252 .329 .344 .673 92 75 7 0 0 4 8 2
1972 28 KCR AL 53 131 116 10 22 5 1 1 4 0 0 14 13 .190 .277 .276 .553 66 32 4 0 1 0 2 2
1973 29 TOT MLB 15 43 38 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 6 .158 .256 .237 .493 37 9 1 1 0 0 0 2
1973 29 KCR AL 11 34 30 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 5 .133 .235 .233 .469 30 7 1 1 0 0 0 2
1973 29 NYM NL 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
10 Seasons 556 1716 1527 120 357 63 10 15 130 1 2 157 293 .234 .307 .318 .625 81 485 42 11 8 13 48
162 Game Avg. 162 500 445 35 104 18 3 4 38 0 1 46 85 .234 .307 .318 .625 81 141 12 3 2 4 14
PIT (7 yrs) 417 1293 1155 90 274 44 6 13 100 1 2 112 237 .237 .308 .319 .627 82 369 30 10 7 9 38
KCR (3 yrs) 135 414 364 30 81 19 4 2 30 0 0 44 55 .223 .305 .313 .618 79 114 12 1 1 4 10
NYM (1 yr) 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 66 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 421 1302 1163 90 276 44 6 13 100 1 2 113 238 .237 .308 .319 .627 82 371 30 10 7 9 38
AL (3 yrs) 135 414 364 30 81 19 4 2 30 0 0 44 55 .223 .305 .313 .618 79 114 12 1 1 4 10

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
1964 20 PIT NL 35 -1 0 1 0 -3 1 1 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 2
1965 21 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1966 22 PIT NL 56 -2 -1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2
1967 23 PIT NL 365 -3 -3 -2 -2 3 6 13 12 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $ *2
1968 24 PIT NL 467 -15 -1 0 1 5 8 16 14 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $ *2
1969 25 PIT NL 205 -5 1 0 0 3 3 7 9 0.9 6 0.6 0.3 $ 2
1970 26 PIT NL 163 -8 0 0 0 6 3 5 6 0.6 0 0.0 0.6 $24,000 2
1971 27 KCR AL 249 -3 0 1 -1 4 4 8 13 1.3 9 1.0 0.3 $25,000 2
1972 28 KCR AL 131 -6 -1 1 0 -2 2 4 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 2
1973 29 KCR AL 34 -3 0 2 0 -4 1 1 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $30,000 2
1973 29 NYM NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
10 Seasons 1716 -46 -5 4 -2 12 29 57 49 4.2 37 4.0 0.2 $79,000
PIT (7 yrs) 1293 -34 -4 0 -1 14 22 44 41 3.5 27 2.9 0.6 $24,000
KCR (3 yrs) 414 -12 -1 4 -1 -2 7 13 8 0.7 10 1.1 -0.4 $55,000
NYM (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 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
1964 20 PIT NL 35 25 3 3.2 94 .348 .258 .263 .314 .321 .258 .391 .572 .712 64 .392 -1.3 -0.1 .458 .097 .000
1965 21 PIT NL 2 1 1 27.0 94 .500 .500 .260 .500 .323 .500 .392 1.000 .715 182 .969 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1966 22 PIT NL 56 41 6 4.0 96 .333 .250 .265 .291 .323 .385 .399 .676 .722 86 .469 -1.0 -0.1 .550 .154 .135 .0
1967 23 PIT NL 365 252 37 4.0 90 .317 .271 .258 .348 .320 .351 .379 .699 .699 101 .500 1.6 0.2 .610 .191 .080 .0
1968 24 PIT NL 467 342 33 2.6 80 .268 .219 .250 .293 .308 .272 .352 .564 .660 72 .359 -13.0 -1.5 .469 .151 .053 .0
1969 25 PIT NL 205 153 20 3.5 93 .276 .232 .257 .268 .327 .384 .381 .653 .708 83 .420 -4.8 -0.5 .564 .200 .153 1.8
1970 26 PIT NL 163 115 13 3.0 101 .243 .209 .263 .313 .336 .288 .402 .601 .738 65 .315 -6.4 -0.6 .549 .230 .079 .0
1971 27 KCR AL 249 174 25 3.9 91 .293 .252 .254 .329 .326 .344 .377 .673 .702 92 .481 -1.1 -0.1 .600 .216 .092 .0
1972 28 KCR AL 131 99 9 2.4 82 .206 .190 .246 .277 .314 .276 .354 .553 .669 66 .326 -4.8 -0.5 .469 .207 .086 .0
1973 29 TOT MLB 43 33 3 2.4 97 .188 .158 .265 .256 .335 .237 .390 .493 .725 37 .259 -3.4 -0.4 .424 .184 .079
1973 29 KCR AL 34 27 2 2.0 98 .160 .133 .266 .235 .336 .233 .391 .469 .727 30 .194 -3.0 -0.3 .407 .200 .100
1973 29 NYM NL 9 6 1 4.5 95 .286 .250 .260 .333 .329 .250 .387 .583 .716 66 .522 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .125 .000
10 Seasons 1716 1235 150 3.3 89 .278 .234 .255 .307 .320 .318 .373 .625 .693 81 .414 -33.9 -3.6 .537 .186 .084 1.9
162 Game Avg. 500 360 44 3.3 89 .278 .234 .255 .307 .320 .318 .373 .625 .693 81 .414 -33.9 -3.6 .537 .186 .084 1
PIT (7 yrs) 1293 929 113 3.3 89 .286 .237 .256 .308 .319 .319 .374 .627 .693 82 .415 -24.7 -2.6 .537 .178 .082 1.9
KCR (3 yrs) 414 300 36 3.2 89 .254 .223 .252 .305 .323 .313 .371 .618 .694 79 .411 -8.9 -1.0 .539 .212 .091 .0
NYM (1 yr) 9 6 1 4.5 95 .286 .250 .260 .333 .329 .250 .387 .583 .716 66 .522 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .125 .000
NL (8 yrs) 1302 935 114 3.3 89 .286 .237 .256 .308 .319 .319 .374 .627 .693 82 .416 -25.0 -2.7 .536 .178 .082 1.9
AL (3 yrs) 414 300 36 3.2 89 .254 .223 .252 .305 .323 .313 .371 .618 .694 79 .411 -8.9 -1.0 .539 .212 .091 .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
1964 20 PIT NL 35 0.0% 25.7% 8.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.4 10.3 0.56 66%
1965 21 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 100%
1966 22 PIT NL 56 1.8% 26.8% 3.6% 8.9% 39% 7.50 3.5 52.0 26.0 0.44 64%
1967 23 PIT NL 365 0.8% 15.1% 9.9% 4.9% 21% 1.53 5.9 108.3 14.8 1.80 73%
1968 24 PIT NL 467 0.2% 17.1% 8.8% 3.9% 20% 1.95 5.2 416.0 12.6 1.25 72%
1969 25 PIT NL 205 3.4% 25.9% 4.4% 7.3% 34% 5.89 3.6 27.1 8.3 0.85 65%
1970 26 PIT NL 163 0.6% 15.3% 12.9% 4.3% 24% 1.19 5.6 139.0 8.7 0.75 71%
1971 27 KCR AL 249 0.4% 14.9% 10.8% 6.4% 29% 1.37 5.9 218.0 9.1 1.20 74%
1972 28 KCR AL 131 0.8% 9.9% 10.7% 5.3% 32% 0.93 8.9 116.0 29.0 0.87 78%
1973 29 TOT MLB 43 0.0% 14.0% 9.3% 4.7% 33% 1.50 6.3 19.0 2.00 74%
1973 29 KCR AL 34 0.0% 14.7% 8.8% 5.9% 50% 1.67 6.0 15.0 2.17 74%
1973 29 NYM NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 8.0 1.50 78%
10 Seasons 1716 0.9% 17.1% 9.2% 5.1% 25% 1.87 5.2 101.8 11.7 1.15 72%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.1% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.80 5.9 43.5 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 20 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 35 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.08 -0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.94 -0.3 0
1965 21 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.81 0.5 0
1966 22 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 55 -0.4 0.6 -1.1 .99 -0.2 -0.3 -2.6 -0.3 0.98 -1.4 1.35 5
1967 23 PIT NL 1.6 0.2 338 -0.1 5.3 -5.5 .98 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 -2.8 1.24 2
1968 24 PIT NL -13.0 -1.5 447 -2.6 5.7 -8.3 1.06 -1.7 -0.7 -8.9 -1.0 1.00 -13.7 3.62 2
1969 25 PIT NL -4.8 -0.5 209 -0.6 3.1 -3.7 .99 -0.6 0.1 -6.5 -0.7 0.96 -6.2 2.46 11
1970 26 PIT NL -6.4 -0.6 163 0.0 3.1 -3.1 1.14 -0.5 0.5 -3.3 -0.3 0.98 -5.0 1.78 6
1971 27 KCR AL -1.1 -0.1 251 0.4 4.1 -3.6 .93 -0.2 0.7 3.1 0.3 1.01 0.2 2.38 2
1972 28 KCR AL -4.8 -0.5 133 -1.2 1.1 -2.3 .98 -0.8 -0.4 -7.2 -0.8 0.95 -6.2 1.24 11
1973 29 TOT MLB -3.4 -0.4 44 0.1 0.5 -0.5 .72 -0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.94 -1.6 0
1973 29 KCR AL -3.0 -0.3 35 0.1 0.4 -0.3 .68 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.97 -1.4 0
1973 29 NYM NL -0.3 -0.0 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .88 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.81 -0.3 0
10 Seasons -33.9 -3.6 1677 -4.1 24.4 -28.5 1.00 -4.4 0.3 -25.6 -2.8 0.98 -36.5 1.86 39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 20 PIT NL 1 0 9% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 PIT NL 2 0 33% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 23 PIT NL 3 0 16% 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 37% 19 14 4 1 1 0 15 5 9
1968 24 PIT NL 5 0 19% 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 37% 16 13 3 2 1 1 17 8 9
1969 25 PIT NL 1 0 29% 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 38% 13 11 2 1 0 1 7 1 5
1970 26 PIT NL 1 0 24% 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22% 13 11 2 2 1 1 3 2 1
1971 27 KCR AL 5 0 19% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 43% 11 8 3 0 0 0 10 3 6
1972 28 KCR AL 3 0 26% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 56% 3 3 0 1 1 0 5 0 5
1973 29 TOT MLB 3 0 36% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 KCR AL 3 0 50% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 29 NYM NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 24 0 21% 564 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 26 36% 83 67 15 7 4 3 57 19 35

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 20 PIT NL 34 35% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 17 3 18% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 1
1965 21 PIT NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 PIT NL 54 56% 13 5 0 0 0 1.35 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 3 0 0% 31 1 3% 3 1 33% 0 0 2
1967 23 PIT NL 335 24% 88 2 1 0 1 1.24 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 72 14 19% 30 11 37% 213 19 9% 13 6 46% 17 9 53% 30
1968 24 PIT NL 440 29% 91 2 0 0 0 3.62 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 0 9 6 67% 75 10 13% 37 16 43% 286 33 12% 22 7 32% 13 10 77% 27
1969 25 PIT NL 192 29% 44 11 2 1 2 2.46 7 1 10 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 36 2 6% 17 5 29% 117 17 15% 17 9 53% 7 3 43% 13
1970 26 PIT NL 163 35% 29 6 3 0 1 1.78 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 3 12% 13 7 54% 109 15 14% 10 4 40% 7 4 57% 0
1971 27 KCR AL 249 36% 55 2 0 0 0 2.38 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 55 7 13% 24 7 29% 167 24 14% 17 9 53% 8 4 50% 0
1972 28 KCR AL 131 62% 22 11 1 0 0 1.24 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 25 4 16% 9 3 33% 83 4 5% 8 2 25% 2 2 100% 0
1973 29 TOT MLB 43 42% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 3 0 0% 25 3 12% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1973 29 KCR AL 34 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 0 0% 23 3 13% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1973 29 NYM NL 9 56% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1643 34% 357 39 7 1 4 1.86 15 1 46 10 5 7 8 0 11 8 73% 313 42 13% 138 50 36% 1049 120 11% 92 40 43% 57 34 60% 73
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 30% 14% 47% 52%

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
1964 20 11 35 31 1 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .258 .314 .258 .572 64 8 1 0 0 1 0
1965 21 15 37 33 1 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .273 .324 .273 .597 71 9 1 0 0 1 0
1966 22 57 93 85 7 22 4 0 1 6 0 1 5 24 .259 .304 .341 .646 81 29 1 1 1 1 1
1967 23 167 458 410 30 110 17 2 4 28 0 1 41 79 .268 .339 .349 .688 97 143 15 4 1 2 20
1968 24 304 925 826 56 201 32 4 5 61 0 1 82 159 .243 .316 .310 .626 85 256 25 7 7 3 32
1969 25 366 1130 1016 77 245 40 4 12 84 1 2 91 212 .241 .307 .324 .631 85 329 27 9 7 7 32
1970 26 417 1293 1155 90 274 44 6 13 100 1 2 112 237 .237 .308 .319 .627 82 369 30 10 7 9 38
1971 27 488 1542 1373 106 329 57 8 14 124 1 2 139 274 .240 .311 .323 .635 84 444 37 10 7 13 46
1972 28 541 1673 1489 116 351 62 9 15 128 1 2 153 287 .236 .309 .320 .628 82 476 41 10 8 13 48
1973 29 556 1716 1527 120 357 63 10 15 130 1 2 157 293 .234 .307 .318 .625 81 485 42 11 8 13 48

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
1964 20 11 36 32 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 .281 .333 .281 .615 3 11
1965 21 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 4
1966 22 42 56 53 6 14 4 0 1 2 0 2 15 .264 .304 .396 .700 6 42
1967 23 110 376 333 26 96 14 2 3 25 0 39 55 .288 .367 .369 .736 45 110
1968 24 136 481 429 34 106 17 2 1 43 0 48 80 .247 .326 .303 .629 43 137
1969 25 62 209 193 24 47 9 0 7 26 1 10 53 .244 .282 .399 .681 22 62
1970 26 51 165 140 14 30 4 2 1 17 0 22 25 .214 .321 .293 .614 13 51
1971 27 71 257 224 19 60 14 2 1 28 0 29 37 .268 .346 .362 .708 29 71
1972 28 55 141 124 13 26 6 1 1 5 0 17 14 .210 .305 .298 .603 11 53
1973 29 15 43 38 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 4 6 .158 .256 .237 .493 2 15
10 Seasons 557 1767 1569 141 396 69 10 15 153 1 174 294 .252 .329 .338 .667 175 556
162 Game Avg. 162 514 456 41 115 20 3 4 44 0 51 86 .252 .329 .338 .667 51 556

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ()

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL  19 (5th)

                           

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