Lee May
Lee Andrew May
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 23, 1943 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Parker (Birmingham, AL)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1965
Final Game: September 24, 1982
Relatives: Brother of Carlos May
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 CIN NL 23 1B 16 16 144.0 145 132 9 4 15 .972 -3.4 -28.3 -3.4 -2.6 -0.9 0 8.81 8.81 .989 9.90 8.50
1967 CIN NL 24 1B 81 68 634.1 668 621 43 4 49 .994 4.7 8.9 4.7 -1.0 5.7 0 9.42 8.20 .991 9.96 8.82
1967 CIN NL 24 OF 48 47 386.1 87 82 3 2 1 .977 0.4 1.2 1.4 0.4 1.0 -1 1.98 1.77 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 CIN NL 24 LF 33 31 261.1 57 53 2 2 1 .965 0.7 3.2 0.7 0.1 0.7 0 1.89 1.67 .968 1.75 1.50
1967 CIN NL 24 RF 16 16 125.0 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -2.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 -1 2.09 1.81 .976 2.04 1.76
1968 CIN NL 25 1B 122 112 1018.2 1115 1040 70 5 86 .996 -2.6 -3.1 -2.6 1.3 -3.9 0 9.81 9.10 .992 8.83 8.20
1968 CIN NL 25 OF 33 24 245.2 57 54 3 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -1.5 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 2.09 1.73 .974 2.02 1.82
1968 CIN NL 25 RF 23 17 176.2 41 38 3 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -12.9 -1.9 -1.4 -0.5 0 2.09 1.78 .980 2.02 1.77
1968 CIN NL 25 LF 11 7 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 27.8 1.6 0.9 0.7 0 1.96 1.36 .960 1.64 1.38
1969 CIN NL 26 1B 156 154 1374.0 1500 1387 102 11 128 .993 2.1 1.8 2.1 -2.9 5.0 0 9.75 9.54 .992 6.55 6.41 AS,MVP-30
1969 CIN NL 26 OF 7 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.57 1.14 .975 2.02 1.74 AS,MVP-30
1969 CIN NL 26 LF 5 3 25.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 18.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.84 1.60 .962 1.67 1.30 AS,MVP-30
1969 CIN NL 26 RF 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -45.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.60 AS,MVP-30
1970 CIN NL 27 1B 153 153 1337.0 1481 1362 109 10 143 .993 4.5 4.0 3.5 4.6 -1.1 1 9.90 9.61 .992 6.73 6.54
1971 CIN NL 28 1B 143 143 1191.2 1347 1261 78 8 118 .994 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.4 1.3 0 10.11 9.36 .992 7.55 6.99 AS,MVP-12
1972 HOU NL 29 1B 146 146 1312.1 1400 1318 76 6 133 .996 -14.9 -13.6 -14.9 -5.4 -9.5 0 9.56 9.55 .992 6.86 6.85 AS,MVP-9
1973 HOU NL 30 1B 144 144 1239.1 1307 1220 78 9 112 .993 -6.7 -6.5 -6.7 -4.5 -2.2 0 9.43 9.01 .992 7.26 6.94 MVP-19
1974 HOU NL 31 1B 145 143 1186.1 1349 1253 88 8 116 .994 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 0.3 -2.9 0 10.17 9.25 .991 7.59 6.90
1975 BAL AL 32 1B 144 142 1217.1 1428 1312 106 10 138 .993 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0 10.48 9.85 .990 7.39 6.94 MVP-28
1975 BAL AL 32 DH 2 MVP-28
1976 BAL AL 33 1B 94 93 729.0 787 722 62 3 61 .996 1.3 2.1 1.3 2.3 -1.1 0 9.68 8.34 .992 9.85 8.88 MVP-9
1976 BAL AL 33 DH 52 MVP-9
1977 BAL AL 34 1B 110 108 900.2 968 907 56 5 101 .995 -4.8 -6.4 -4.8 1.9 -6.7 0 9.62 8.75 .990 9.99 8.79
1977 BAL AL 34 DH 39
1978 BAL AL 35 DH 140
1978 BAL AL 35 1B 4 4 32.0 37 34 2 1 3 .973 -0.4 -15.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 10.12 9.00 .992 10.04 8.75
1979 BAL AL 36 DH 117
1979 BAL AL 36 1B 2 2 18.0 23 21 0 2 2 .913 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.50 10.50 .991 10.10 8.85
1980 BAL AL 37 DH 58
1980 BAL AL 37 1B 7 6 56.2 60 57 3 0 4 1.000 -1.5 -31.8 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 9.53 8.57 .992 10.02 8.40
1981 KCR AL 38 1B 8 7 58.0 65 63 2 0 8 1.000 -0.5 -10.3 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 0 10.09 8.13 .992 10.06 8.57
1981 KCR AL 38 DH 4
1982 KCR AL 39 1B 32 27 188.1 187 175 10 2 18 .989 -1.6 -10.2 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 0 8.84 5.78 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 KCR AL 39 DH 2
17 Seasons 1B 1507 1468 12637.2 13867 12885 894 88 1235 .994 -24.2 -2.3 -25.2 -6.6 -18.6 1 9.81 9.14 .991 7.87 7.37
8 Seasons DH 414
3 Seasons OF 88 74 660.0 152 144 6 2 1 .987 0.4 0.7 1.4 0.2 1.2 -1 2.05 1.70 .975 2.02 1.81
3 Seasons LF 49 41 355.2 80 76 2 2 1 .975 2.7 9.1 2.7 1.4 1.4 0 1.97 1.59 .966 1.72 1.45
3 Seasons RF 41 33 304.1 70 66 4 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -9.1 -1.3 -1.2 -0.2 -1 2.07 1.71 .979 2.03 1.76
18 Seasons TOT 1595 1542 13297.2 14019 13029 900 90 1236 .994 -23.8 -2.1 -23.8 -6.4 -17.4 -1 1 9.43 8.73 .985 7.58 7.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1965 CIN NL 22 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1966 CIN NL 23 25 16 25 25 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1967 CIN NL 24 127 115 127 127 0 0 81 0 0 0 33 0 16 48 8 0
1968 CIN NL 25 146 136 146 146 0 0 122 0 0 0 11 0 23 33 4 0
1969 CIN NL 26 158 157 158 158 0 0 156 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 1 0
1970 CIN NL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 28 147 143 147 147 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 HOU NL 29 148 146 148 148 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 HOU NL 30 148 144 148 148 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 HOU NL 31 152 143 152 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1975 BAL AL 32 146 144 146 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1976 BAL AL 33 148 144 148 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 4 0
1977 BAL AL 34 150 147 150 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 2 0
1978 BAL AL 35 148 141 148 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 7 0
1979 BAL AL 36 124 115 124 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 9 0
1980 BAL AL 37 78 47 78 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 28 2
1981 KCR AL 38 26 11 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
1982 KCR AL 39 42 28 42 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0
18 Seasons 2071 1930 2071 1603 0 0 1507 0 0 0 49 0 41 88 388 123 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 CIN NL 23 647 63% 75% 23% 33 82% 1 131 9 121 1 10 8 5 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 15 0 1 0 13 1 2 0 2 1 100%
1967 CIN NL 24 2707 56% 75% 26% 172 95% 0 621 46 566 9 79 43 25 13 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 49 1 1 1 44 3 5 0 4 6 83%
1968 CIN NL 25 4501 63% 76% 26% 240 91% 1 1031 84 936 11 81 61 35 15 1 6 5 0 5 0 5 89 3 1 0 75 5 14 2 11 20 60%
1969 CIN NL 26 6185 65% 78% 26% 364 93% 1 1381 122 1241 18 126 97 66 21 1 2 12 1 10 1 8 131 5 2 0 121 7 9 3 6 40 83%
1970 CIN NL 27 5854 61% 77% 28% 332 94% 1 1374 108 1248 15 106 108 73 19 3 2 10 1 9 0 8 143 6 2 0 135 11 7 0 7 15 93%
1971 CIN NL 28 4893 64% 79% 28% 261 93% 0 1229 71 1150 9 108 71 45 20 1 4 7 1 6 0 5 116 2 3 0 102 6 12 5 7 22 91%
1972 HOU NL 29 5717 60% 75% 26% 254 95% 1 1303 66 1229 8 114 79 55 8 0 6 6 1 5 0 5 131 1 0 2 122 4 9 1 7 27 93%
1973 HOU NL 30 5398 61% 77% 25% 277 94% 1 1210 84 1115 8 118 72 53 7 2 3 8 0 7 1 7 109 0 0 1 98 2 11 3 8 15 87%
1974 HOU NL 31 5273 62% 79% 28% 257 97% 4 1256 72 1175 9 100 83 59 13 5 3 8 0 7 1 7 116 3 1 0 109 4 6 2 4 17 100%
1975 BAL AL 32 5185 60% 80% 28% 279 94% 4 1311 83 1212 14 93 108 74 12 4 1 10 0 9 1 8 139 1 1 3 129 6 10 2 8 20 95%
1976 BAL AL 33 3161 64% 80% 27% 154 95% 1 724 44 676 3 56 60 42 6 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 61 0 0 2 52 1 9 5 4 6 100%
1977 BAL AL 34 3951 64% 79% 27% 162 98% 2 910 57 843 10 54 55 36 8 3 4 5 2 2 1 1 101 2 0 0 93 2 7 1 5 6 100%
1978 BAL AL 35 175 70% 73% 27% 7 86% 0 34 2 31 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1979 BAL AL 36 88 78% 89% 24% 6 100% 0 21 3 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 37 250 59% 84% 26% 7 100% 0 57 5 52 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1981 KCR AL 38 252 56% 83% 28% 8 100% 0 63 3 59 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0
1982 KCR AL 39 840 60% 82% 25% 36 94% 0 175 10 164 1 15 11 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 18 0 0 0 15 0 3 0 3 1 100%
17 Seasons 55077 62% 78% 27% 2849 94% 17 12831 869 11838 118 1068 863 582 145 22 33 87 8 73 6 64 1235 24 12 9 1124 52 105 24 77 198 88%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 CIN NL 24 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13 9 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 0 5 5 0 33 17 51.5% 15 0 0.0% 2 1138 57% 76% 25% 108 50%
1968 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 300 57% 72% 22% 29 52%
1969 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 133 50% 63% 21% 13 62%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17 13 0 13 2 0 5 2 0 7 4 0 8 8 0 50 29 58.0% 20 0 0.0% 2 1571 56% 74% 24% 150 51%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 CIN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 11.1% 8 0 0.0% 1 534 60% 78% 23% 61 48%
1968 CIN NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 13 3 2 6 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 28 8 28.6% 17 3 10.7% 0 784 59% 75% 23% 83 49%
1969 CIN NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56% 100% 22% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 16 3 2 9 2 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 37 9 24.3% 25 3 8.1% 1 1327 59% 76% 23% 144 49%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

* 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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