Milt May
Milton Scott May
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 1, 1950 in Gary, IN
High School: St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1970
Final Game: September 30, 1984
Relatives: Son of Pinky May and Brother-In-Law of Pat Osburn
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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
1971 PIT NL 20 C 31 31 260.0 180 168 12 0 3 1.000 4.0 18.5 4 6.23 5.81 .988 6.34 5.63 5 3 4 7 64%
1972 PIT NL 21 C 33 33 285.0 203 179 21 3 2 .985 4.0 16.8 4 6.32 6.06 .987 6.61 5.87 1 8 12 12 50%
1973 PIT NL 22 C 79 78 666.2 450 402 36 12 4 .973 -4.0 -7.2 -4 5.91 5.54 .987 6.34 5.58 5 31 39 20 34%
1974 HOU NL 23 C 116 109 955.1 592 525 63 4 10 .993 3.0 3.8 3 5.54 5.07 .985 6.12 5.37 9 34 70 41 37%
1975 HOU NL 24 C 102 99 863.0 647 568 70 9 8 .986 2.0 2.8 2 6.65 6.25 .985 6.03 5.24 18 44 65 47 42%
1976 DET AL 25 C 6 6 53.2 38 33 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.37 6.33 .982 5.75 4.90 0 4 4 4 50%
1977 DET AL 26 C 111 107 973.1 638 551 78 9 12 .986 5.0 6.2 5 5.82 5.67 .986 6.01 5.06 0 27 62 49 44%
1978 DET AL 27 C 94 89 802.2 474 406 58 10 5 .979 1.0 1.5 1 5.20 4.94 .983 5.53 4.86 5 21 55 35 39%
1979 TOT AL 28 C 70 61 532.0 330 296 28 6 1 .982 -3.0 -6.8 -3 5.48 4.63 .982 5.46 4.69 7 18 41 22 35%
1979 DET AL 28 C 5 2 25.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -48.0 -1 7.20 4.00 .980 5.47 4.68 0 1 5 0 0%
1979 CHW AL 28 C 65 59 507.0 310 277 27 6 1 .981 -2.0 -4.7 -2 5.40 4.68 .982 5.46 4.69 7 17 36 22 38%
1980 SFG NL 29 C 103 94 827.0 567 500 59 8 12 .986 3.0 4.4 3 6.08 5.43 .983 6.09 5.23 3 11 91 43 32%
1981 SFG NL 30 C 93 86 765.1 522 468 48 6 4 .989 -7.0 -11.0 -7 6.07 5.55 .983 5.93 5.07 4 33 89 33 27% MVP-25
1982 SFG NL 31 C 110 100 904.1 621 552 61 8 5 .987 6.0 8.0 6 6.10 5.57 .985 6.29 5.52 4 17 117 62 35%
1983 TOT NL 32 C 60 52 461.0 349 308 35 6 5 .983 2.0 5.2 2 6.70 5.72 .984 6.57 5.55 1 6 55 25 31%
1983 SFG NL 32 C 56 49 436.0 323 285 32 6 5 .981 2.0 5.5 2 6.54 5.66 .984 6.57 5.55 0 5 50 22 31%
1983 PIT NL 32 C 4 3 25.0 26 23 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.36 6.50 .985 6.55 5.55 1 1 5 3 38%
1984 PIT NL 33 C 26 22 190.0 151 135 15 1 2 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 5.77 .986 6.53 5.68 0 5 20 7 26%
14 Seasons C 1034 967 8539.1 5762 5091 589 82 73 .986 16.0 2.2 16 5.99 5.49 .985 6.07 5.26 62 262 724 407 36%
15 Seasons TOT 1034 967 8539.1 5762 5091 589 82 73 .986 16.0 2.2 16 5.99 5.49 .970 6.07 5.26 62 262 724 407 36%
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

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
1970 PIT NL 19 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 PIT NL 20 49 31 49 49 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1972 PIT NL 21 57 33 57 57 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1973 PIT NL 22 101 78 101 101 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1974 HOU NL 23 127 109 127 116 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1975 HOU NL 24 111 99 111 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1976 DET AL 25 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 DET AL 26 115 107 115 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 DET AL 27 105 89 105 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1979 CHW AL 28 65 59 65 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 DET AL 28 6 2 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 SFG NL 29 111 94 111 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1981 SFG NL 30 97 86 97 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1982 SFG NL 31 114 100 114 110 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1983 SFG NL 32 66 49 66 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1983 PIT NL 32 7 3 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 PIT NL 33 50 22 50 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
15 Seasons 1192 967 1192 1104 0 1035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197 0
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 -- 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%
1971 PIT NL 20 1107 3.39 3.60 17 100% 0 0 169 10 2 5 152 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 100%
1972 PIT NL 21 1212 2.65 3.44 13 100% 1 0 178 7 2 3 166 20 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1973 PIT NL 22 3041 4.06 4.77 35 97% 3 0 401 18 1 11 371 36 11 1 1 2 12 0 4 8 0 4 0 1 1 7 100%
1974 HOU NL 23 4260 3.53 4.00 52 98% 0 0 526 30 6 23 467 60 13 5 1 1 4 1 1 2 0 10 1 2 4 13 100%
1975 HOU NL 24 3920 3.99 4.22 37 100% 2 0 568 21 4 24 519 63 16 0 0 4 9 1 3 5 0 8 0 2 2 10 100%
1976 DET AL 25 246 2.52 3.19 3 100% 0 0 32 2 0 1 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 DET AL 26 4270 4.03 4.59 53 100% 1 0 552 32 4 12 504 82 18 2 3 7 9 0 4 5 0 12 1 2 3 10 100%
1978 DET AL 27 3482 3.44 3.86 47 98% 0 0 407 25 4 14 364 59 15 1 0 5 10 0 1 9 0 5 0 1 2 9 100%
1979 CHW AL 28 2288 3.83 4.60 32 94% 2 0 277 19 1 8 248 26 9 0 0 1 6 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1979 DET AL 28 118 5.76 5.76 1 100% 0 0 19 1 0 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 29 3671 3.48 3.90 43 95% 2 1 503 31 1 12 459 55 7 0 0 5 7 0 4 3 0 10 0 1 3 4 100%
1981 SFG NL 30 3437 3.21 3.55 55 95% 2 0 465 33 7 11 414 51 18 1 1 2 6 0 4 2 0 4 0 2 4 10 100%
1982 SFG NL 31 4075 3.47 4.07 39 95% 1 0 554 29 5 18 502 61 8 0 0 2 8 2 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 8 88%
1983 SFG NL 32 1919 3.41 4.09 18 89% 2 0 284 8 3 10 262 33 8 1 0 2 6 0 4 2 1 4 0 1 2 6 83%
1983 PIT NL 32 113 2.88 3.24 2 100% 0 0 23 2 2 1 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 33 817 3.56 3.75 9 100% 0 0 135 4 0 3 128 14 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
14 Seasons 37976 3.61 4.09 456 97% 16 1 5093 272 42 157 4620 581 139 12 6 34 81 4 33 44 3 69 2 15 25 88 98%
MLB Averages 3.73 4.20 95% 91%

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
1971 PIT NL 20 5 3 406 4 7 6 64% 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 6 1.58 1.18
1972 PIT NL 21 1 8 412 12 12 12 50% 12 11 0 1 0 0 2 0 26 16 1.48 1.02
1973 PIT NL 22 5 31 1162 39 20 19 34% 35 18 3 2 1 0 1 0 94 27 1.04 1.12
1974 HOU NL 23 9 34 1574 70 41 37 37% 62 38 8 3 0 0 1 0 133 43 1.19 0.95
1975 HOU NL 24 18 44 1441 65 47 36 42% 62 39 3 5 0 3 3 0 160 55 1.17 1.11
1976 DET AL 25 0 4 102 4 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1.67 1.14
1977 DET AL 26 0 27 1522 62 49 48 44% 57 44 5 4 0 1 1 1 115 50 1.49 1.22
1978 DET AL 27 4 21 1195 55 35 33 39% 51 29 3 4 1 2 0 0 103 37 1.14 1.22
1979 CHW AL 28 7 17 883 36 22 14 38% 31 18 4 3 1 1 0 0 75 23 1.09 1.25
1979 DET AL 28 0 1 44 5 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0.66
1980 SFG NL 29 2 11 1259 91 43 38 32% 87 41 4 2 0 0 0 0 118 52 1.25 1.27
1981 SFG NL 30 4 33 1245 89 33 24 27% 86 31 3 1 0 1 1 0 166 37 1.37 1.23
1982 SFG NL 31 4 17 1421 117 62 48 35% 108 57 8 2 1 3 1 0 166 71 1.42 1.49
1983 SFG NL 32 0 5 637 50 22 19 31% 48 19 1 0 1 3 1 1 66 26 1.34 1.17
1983 PIT NL 32 0 1 37 5 3 2 38% 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 1.03 0.93
1984 PIT NL 33 0 5 264 20 7 6 26% 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 9 1.05 1.14
14 Seasons 59 262 13604 724 407 346 36% 674 364 44 27 6 16 12 3 1291 462 1.27 1.21
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.27

* 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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