Jerry May
Jerry Lee May
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 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
Final Game: June 3, 1973
Died: June 30, 1996 in Swoope, VA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1964 PIT NL 20 C 11 10 89.2 86 80 5 1 0 .988 -3.0 -40.1 -3 8.53 7.73 .988 6.82 5.91 3 6 6 1 14%
1965 PIT NL 21 C 4 0 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 6.98 5.80 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 22 C 41 13 153.1 128 114 12 2 3 .984 0.0 0.0 0 7.40 3.07 .987 6.84 5.81 5 3 3 5 63%
1967 PIT NL 23 C 110 103 871.2 606 550 52 4 9 .993 3.0 4.1 3 6.22 5.47 .990 6.89 5.85 8 19 34 27 44%
1968 PIT NL 24 C 135 128 1120.1 832 752 70 10 10 .988 5.0 5.4 5 6.60 6.09 .990 6.87 6.12 7 30 41 35 46%
1969 PIT NL 25 C 52 50 426.2 349 325 22 2 3 .994 3.0 8.4 3 7.32 6.67 .989 7.06 6.25 4 11 14 13 48%
1970 PIT NL 26 C 45 39 357.2 314 280 32 2 2 .994 6.0 20.1 6 7.85 6.93 .987 6.85 5.94 6 9 20 20 50%
1971 KCR AL 27 C 71 67 576.2 353 314 38 1 6 .997 4.0 8.3 4 5.49 4.96 .988 6.37 5.63 5 14 25 18 42%
1972 KCR AL 28 C 41 32 294.0 192 175 13 4 1 .979 -2.0 -8.2 -2 5.76 4.59 .985 6.48 5.66 2 8 19 9 32%
1973 TOT MLB 29 C 15 12 102.0 64 57 4 3 2 .953 -4.0 -47.1 -4 5.38 4.07 .986 6.11 5.37 1 4 12 1 8%
1973 KCR AL 29 C 11 9 84.0 50 43 4 3 2 .940 -4.0 -57.1 -4 5.04 4.27 .986 6.05 5.29 1 4 12 1 8%
1973 NYM NL 29 C 4 3 18.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.00 3.50 .986 6.35 5.58 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons C 525 454 4000.0 2926 2649 248 29 36 .990 12.0 3.6 12 6.52 5.52 .989 6.77 5.91 41 104 174 129 43%
10 Seasons TOT 525 454 4000.0 2926 2649 248 29 36 .990 12.0 3.6 12 6.52 5.52 .979 6.77 5.91 41 104 174 129 43%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 PIT NL 20 11 10 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 21 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 22 42 13 42 42 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1967 PIT NL 23 110 103 110 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 PIT NL 24 137 128 137 137 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 PIT NL 25 62 50 62 62 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1970 PIT NL 26 51 39 51 51 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 KCR AL 27 71 67 71 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1972 KCR AL 28 53 32 53 53 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1973 KCR AL 29 11 9 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYM NL 29 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 556 454 556 556 0 525 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1964 PIT NL 20 381 4.35 5.13 8 63% 0 0 65 2 0 2 61 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 PIT NL 21 31 1.13 3.38 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 22 665 4.34 4.89 12 92% 0 1 111 5 1 7 98 12 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 50%
1967 PIT NL 23 3422 3.59 3.85 47 100% 0 0 493 31 2 27 433 44 10 0 1 6 3 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 2 100%
1968 PIT NL 24 4357 2.62 3.05 56 96% 1 0 689 36 4 15 634 65 15 3 0 8 10 3 4 3 0 7 0 3 4 7 86%
1969 PIT NL 25 1740 4.16 4.54 13 92% 0 0 324 9 6 4 304 15 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 100%
1970 PIT NL 26 1563 3.15 3.52 21 90% 0 0 277 7 4 9 257 30 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 75%
1971 KCR AL 27 2508 3.40 3.82 36 97% 0 0 312 21 3 11 277 45 14 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 3 10 90%
1972 KCR AL 28 1257 3.21 3.49 17 94% 0 0 173 10 0 5 158 14 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 KCR AL 29 375 2.79 3.21 3 100% 0 0 43 1 0 2 40 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 NYM NL 29 69 2.50 3.00 1 100% 0 0 14 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 16368 3.30 3.69 214 95% 1 1 2503 123 20 84 2275 232 59 5 1 29 28 4 11 13 2 32 0 5 11 31 87%
MLB Averages 3.50 3.97 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1964 PIT NL 20 2 6 155 6 1 1 14% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 2.46 1.83
1965 PIT NL 21 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 22 5 3 258 3 5 4 63% 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 7 0.79 1.20
1967 PIT NL 23 8 19 1275 34 27 24 44% 29 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 75 29 1.62 1.28
1968 PIT NL 24 5 30 1519 41 35 31 46% 40 31 1 1 0 3 5 2 99 42 1.14 1.32
1969 PIT NL 25 4 11 623 14 13 7 48% 14 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 33 16 0.84 1.02
1970 PIT NL 26 6 9 548 20 20 16 50% 17 18 3 1 0 1 0 0 50 27 1.55 1.28
1971 KCR AL 27 5 14 939 25 18 16 42% 23 15 2 2 0 1 2 0 58 25 1.34 1.05
1972 KCR AL 28 2 8 429 19 9 7 32% 16 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 35 12 1.09 1.05
1973 KCR AL 29 1 4 131 12 1 1 8% 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 1.28 2.07
1973 NYM NL 29 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 38 104 5913 174 129 107 43% 157 115 16 6 1 8 8 2 406 160 1.33 1.22
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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