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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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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
1965 22 CIN NL 5 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 CIN NL 25 75 75 14 25 5 1 2 10 0 1 0 14 .333 .333 .507 .840 121 38 1 0 0 0 0 3
1967 24 CIN NL 127 472 438 54 116 29 2 12 57 4 8 19 80 .265 .308 .422 .730 98 185 10 10 1 4 3 379
1968 25 CIN NL 146 602 559 78 162 32 1 22 80 4 7 34 100 .290 .337 .469 .805 135 262 20 6 2 1 11 *397
1969 26 CIN NL 158 665 607 85 169 32 3 38 110 5 4 45 142 .278 .331 .529 .860 133 321 12 6 0 7 8 *3/79 AS,MVP-30
1970 27 CIN NL 153 649 605 78 153 34 2 34 94 1 1 38 125 .253 .297 .484 .782 103 293 19 2 0 4 5 *3
1971 28 CIN NL 147 602 553 85 154 17 3 39 98 3 0 42 135 .278 .332 .532 .864 147 294 13 4 0 3 2 *3 AS,MVP-12
1972 29 HOU NL 148 647 592 87 168 31 2 29 98 3 1 52 145 .284 .343 .490 .833 137 290 13 2 0 1 12 *3 AS,MVP-9
1973 30 HOU NL 148 590 545 65 147 24 3 28 105 1 1 34 122 .270 .310 .479 .789 117 261 13 2 0 9 10 *3 MVP-19
1974 31 HOU NL 152 590 556 59 149 26 0 24 85 1 0 17 97 .268 .294 .444 .738 109 247 12 7 1 9 2 *3
1975 32 BAL AL 146 626 580 67 152 28 3 20 99 1 2 36 91 .262 .308 .424 .732 111 246 26 5 0 5 8 *3/D MVP-28
1976 33 BAL AL 148 583 530 61 137 17 4 25 109 4 1 41 104 .258 .312 .447 .759 127 237 11 3 2 7 8 3D MVP-9
1977 34 BAL AL 150 629 585 75 148 16 2 27 99 2 2 38 119 .253 .296 .426 .722 100 249 20 0 1 5 5 *3D
1978 35 BAL AL 148 590 556 56 137 16 1 25 80 5 2 31 110 .246 .286 .414 .700 101 230 18 1 0 2 5 *D/3
1979 36 BAL AL 124 491 456 59 116 15 0 19 69 3 4 28 100 .254 .297 .412 .709 92 188 18 1 2 4 4 *D/3
1980 37 BAL AL 78 239 222 20 54 10 2 7 31 2 0 15 53 .243 .289 .401 .690 88 89 11 0 0 2 1 D/3
1981 38 KCR AL 26 58 55 3 16 3 0 0 8 0 1 3 14 .291 .328 .345 .673 96 19 2 0 0 0 0 /3D
1982 39 KCR AL 42 107 91 12 28 5 2 3 12 0 0 14 18 .308 .393 .505 .898 145 46 0 0 0 2 1 3/D
18 Seasons 2071 8219 7609 959 2031 340 31 354 1244 39 35 487 1570 .267 .313 .459 .772 116 3495 219 49 9 65 85
162 Game Avg. 162 643 595 75 159 27 2 28 97 3 3 38 123 .267 .313 .459 .772 116 273 17 4 1 5 7
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
CIN (7 yrs) 761 3069 2841 395 779 149 12 147 449 17 21 178 597 .274 .321 .490 .812 123 1393 75 28 3 19 29
BAL (6 yrs) 794 3158 2929 338 744 102 12 123 487 17 11 189 577 .254 .299 .423 .722 105 1239 104 10 5 25 31
HOU (3 yrs) 448 1827 1693 211 464 81 5 81 288 5 2 103 364 .274 .317 .471 .788 121 798 38 11 1 19 24
KCR (2 yrs) 68 165 146 15 44 8 2 3 20 0 1 17 32 .301 .370 .445 .815 128 65 2 0 0 2 1
NL (10 yrs) 1209 4896 4534 606 1243 230 17 228 737 22 23 281 961 .274 .320 .483 .803 122 2191 113 39 4 38 53
AL (8 yrs) 862 3323 3075 353 788 110 14 126 507 17 12 206 609 .256 .303 .424 .727 106 1304 106 10 5 27 32

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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
1970 27 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 3 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417 3 1 0 0 0 0
1970 27 CIN NL WS BAL L 5 20 18 6 7 2 0 2 8 0 0 2 2 .389 .450 .833 1.283 15 1 0 0 0 0
1979 36 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 36 BAL AL WS PIT L 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 38 KCR AL ALDS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 13 42 38 6 10 3 0 2 11 0 0 4 8 .263 .333 .500 .833 19 3 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 12 12 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 22 19 6 7 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 3 .368 .455 .789 1.244 15 1 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1969 *
1971 *
1972 (1B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (30, 1%)
1971 NL (12, 8%)
1972 NL (9, 9%)
1973 NL (19, 3%)
1975 AL (28, 1%)
1976 AL (9, 15%)
0.37 Career Shares (519th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1968 NL  .469 (10th)
1969 NL  .529 (6th)
1971 NL  .532 (4th)
1972 NL  .490 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1968 NL  .805 (9th)
1971 NL  .864 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1969 NL  158 (8th)
Career  2071 (185th)

At Bats s c a p y
1970 NL  605 (10th)
1972 NL  592 (8th)
Career  7609 (174th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  8219 (215th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1972 NL  87 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2031 (241st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1968 NL  262 (9th)
1969 NL  321 (4th)
1971 NL  294 (6th)
1972 NL  290 (4th)
Career  3495 (149th)

Doubles s c a p y
1967 NL  29 (10th)
1968 NL  32 (7th)
1969 NL  32 (6th)
1970 NL  34 (8th)
1972 NL  31 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  38 (3rd)
1970 NL  34 (7th)
1971 NL  39 (3rd)
1972 NL  29 (6th)
1973 NL  28 (8th)
1974 NL  24 (8th)
1976 AL  25 (4th)
Career  354 (75th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1968 NL  80 (10th)
1969 NL  110 (4th)
1971 NL  98 (6th)
1972 NL  98 (5th)
1973 NL  105 (2nd)
1975 AL  99 (7th)
1976 AL  109 (1st)
Career  1244 (119th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL  100 (10th)
1969 NL  142 (4th)
1970 NL  125 (9th)
1971 NL  135 (4th)
1972 NL  145 (1st)
1973 NL  122 (7th)
1976 AL  104 (10th)
1977 AL  119 (7th)
1978 AL  110 (8th)
1979 AL  100 (8th)
Career  1570 (30th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1971 NL  147 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1972 NL  97 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1971 NL  30 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  3.1 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1968 NL  55 (9th)
1969 NL  73 (2nd)
1970 NL  70 (6th)
1971 NL  59 (8th)
1972 NL  62 (6th)
Career  725 (147th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL  10 (2nd)
1968 NL  6 (7th)
1974 NL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1969 NL  7 (6th)
1973 NL  9 (3rd)
1974 NL  9 (5th)
Career  65 (162nd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 NL  12 (10th)
1976 AL  8 (10th)
Career  85 (156th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1968 NL  20 (2nd)
1970 NL  19 (5th)
1975 AL  26 (1st)
1977 AL  20 (6th)
1978 AL  18 (7th)
1979 AL  18 (9th)
Career  219 (58th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1969 NL  16.0 (5th)
1971 NL  14.2 (3rd)
1972 NL  20.4 (8th)
1973 NL  19.5 (9th)
1974 NL  23.2 (10th)
1976 AL  21.2 (5th)
Career  21.5 (162nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1970 NL  476 (7th)
Career  5906 (146th)

Oldest s c a p y
1981 AL  born 1943-03-23 (7th)
1982 AL  born 1943-03-23 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 84 (278), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (688), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Eric Karros (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Eric Karros (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1961: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1971: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart to the Houston Astros for Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke and Joe Morgan.

December 3, 1974: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jay Schlueter to the Baltimore Orioles for Rob Andrews and Enos Cabell.

October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 18, 1982: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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