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Milt May

Milton Scott May

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 1, 1950 in Gary, IN
High School: St. Petersburg HS (St. Petersburg, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1970
Teams (by GP): Giants/Pirates/Astros/Tigers/WhiteSox 1970-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
Relatives: Son of Pinky May and Brother-In-Law of Pat Osburn
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1971 PIT NL 20 C 31 31 25 260.0 180 168 12 0 3 1.000 4 18 6.23 5.81 .988 6.34 6.33 5 3 4 7 64% 35% 1
1972 PIT NL 21 C 33 33 27 285.0 203 179 21 3 2 .985 4 17 6.32 6.06 .987 6.61 6.63 1 8 12 12 50% 37% 2
1973 PIT NL 22 C 79 78 66 666.2 450 402 36 12 4 .973 -4 -7 5.91 5.54 .987 6.34 6.34 5 31 39 20 34% 36% 1
1974 HOU NL 23 C 116 109 97 955.1 592 525 63 4 10 .993 3 4 5.54 5.07 .985 6.12 6.11 9 34 70 41 37% 33% 1
1975 HOU NL 24 C 102 99 83 863.0 647 568 70 9 8 .986 2 3 6.65 6.25 .985 6.03 6.02 18 44 65 47 42% 32% 3
1976 DET AL 25 C 6 6 5 53.2 38 33 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.37 6.33 .981 5.75 5.77 0 4 4 4 50% 34% 0
1977 DET AL 26 C 111 107 101 973.1 638 551 78 9 12 .986 5 6 5.82 5.67 .986 6.01 5.97 0 27 62 49 44% 39% 1
1978 DET AL 27 C 94 89 83 802.2 474 406 58 10 5 .979 1 1 5.20 4.94 .983 5.53 5.48 5 21 55 35 39% 38% 0
1979 TOT AL 28 C 70 61 44 532.0 330 296 28 6 1 .982 -3 -7 5.48 4.63 .982 5.46 5.39 7 18 41 22 35% 36% 0
1979 DET AL 28 C 5 2 1 25.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 7.20 4.00 .982 5.47 5.40 0 1 5 0 0% 36% 0
1979 CHW AL 28 C 65 59 43 507.0 310 277 27 6 1 .981 -2 -5 5.40 4.68 .982 5.46 5.39 7 17 36 22 38% 36% 0
1980 SFG NL 29 C 103 94 83 827.0 567 500 59 8 12 .986 3 4 6.08 5.43 .983 6.09 6.10 3 11 91 43 32% 31% 0
1981 SFG NL 30 C 93 86 73 765.1 522 468 48 6 4 .989 -7 -11 6.07 5.55 .983 5.93 5.95 4 33 89 33 27% 33% 1 MVP-25
1982 SFG NL 31 C 110 100 87 904.1 621 552 61 8 5 .987 6 8 6.10 5.57 .985 6.29 6.30 4 17 117 62 35% 32% 1
1983 TOT NL 32 C 60 52 40 461.0 349 308 35 6 5 .983 2 5 6.70 5.72 .984 6.57 6.54 1 6 55 25 31% 33% 1
1983 SFG NL 32 C 56 49 38 436.0 323 285 32 6 5 .981 2 6 6.54 5.66 .984 6.57 6.54 0 5 50 22 31% 33% 1
1983 PIT NL 32 C 4 3 2 25.0 26 23 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.36 6.50 .984 6.55 6.55 1 1 5 3 38% 33% 0
1984 PIT NL 33 C 26 22 14 190.0 151 135 15 1 2 .993 0 0 7.11 5.77 .986 6.53 6.51 0 5 20 7 26% 31% 0
14 Seasons C 1034 967 828 8539.1 5762 5091 589 82 73 .986 16 2 5.99 5.49 .985 6.07 6.06 62 262 724 407 36% 34% 12
15 Seasons TOT 1034 967 828 8539.1 5762 5091 589 82 73 .986 16 2 5.99 5.49 .985 6.07 6.06 62 262 724 407 36% 34% 12
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1971 PIT NL 20 C 4 18 4
1972 PIT NL 21 C 4 17 4
1973 PIT NL 22 C -4 -7 -4
1974 HOU NL 23 C 3 4 3
1975 HOU NL 24 C 2 3 2
1976 DET AL 25 C 0 0 0
1977 DET AL 26 C 5 6 5
1978 DET AL 27 C 1 1 1
1979 DET AL 28 C -1 -48 -1
1979 CHW AL 28 C -2 -5 -2
1980 SFG NL 29 C 3 4 3
1981 SFG NL 30 C -7 -11 -7
1982 SFG NL 31 C 6 8 6
1983 SFG NL 32 C 2 6 2
1983 PIT NL 32 C 0 0 0
1984 PIT NL 33 C 0 0 0
14 Seasons C 16 2 16
15 Seasons TOT 16 2 16

Appearances

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1971 PIT NL 20 49 31 49 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1972 PIT NL 21 57 33 57 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1973 PIT NL 22 101 78 101 79 0 79 0 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 1035 0 1035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197 0
Lg 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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 1085 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 1174 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 2939 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 4092 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 3730 4.00 4.23 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 25 233 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 4132 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 3358 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 2202 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 28 113 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 3504 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 3260 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 3844 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 1832 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 32 102 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 33 780 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 36380 3.61 4.10 456 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*

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 1.64 1.17
1972 PIT NL 21 1 8 412 12 12 12 50% 12 11 0 1 0 0 2 0 26 16 1.52 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 1.14
1974 HOU NL 23 9 34 1574 70 40 37 36% 62 37 8 3 0 0 1 0 133 42 1.20 0.92
1975 HOU NL 24 18 44 1441 65 41 36 39% 62 33 3 5 0 3 3 0 160 49 1.18 1.08
1976 DET AL 25 0 4 102 4 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1.68 1.04
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 1.15 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 1.26
1979 DET AL 28 0 1 44 5 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0.64
1980 SFG NL 29 2 11 1259 91 43 38 32% 87 41 4 2 0 0 0 0 118 52 1.26 1.30
1981 SFG NL 30 4 33 1245 89 33 24 27% 86 31 3 1 0 1 1 0 166 37 1.38 1.24
1982 SFG NL 31 4 17 1421 117 62 48 35% 108 57 8 2 1 3 1 0 166 71 1.41 1.53
1983 SFG NL 32 0 5 637 50 22 19 31% 48 19 1 0 1 3 1 1 66 26 1.36 1.18
1983 PIT NL 32 0 1 37 5 3 2 38% 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 0.98 0.95
1984 PIT NL 33 0 5 264 20 7 6 26% 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 9 1.05 1.19
14 Seasons 59 262 13604 724 400 346 36% 674 357 44 27 6 16 12 3 1291 455 1.28 1.22
MLB Averages 35% 1.30 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 1918 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 NL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1981 NL  93 (3rd)
Career  1,034 (99th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1981 NL  468 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1975 NL  70 (1st)
1977 AL  78 (3rd)
1981 NL  48 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1973 NL  12 (4th)
1975 NL  9 (5th)
1978 AL  10 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  18 (2nd)
1981 NL  4 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1974 NL  70 (5th)
1975 NL  65 (5th)
1980 NL  91 (5th)
1981 NL  89 (1st)
1982 NL  117 (2nd)
Career  724 (77th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1974 NL  41 (5th)
1975 NL  47 (1st)
1982 NL  62 (2nd)
Career  407 (99th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1971 NL  4 (5th)
1977 AL  5 (5th)
1982 NL  6 (5th)
Career  16 (72nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1975 NL  6.65 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1975 NL  6.25 (3rd)
1981 NL  5.55 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1974 NL  .993 (1st)
1980 NL  .986 (5th)
1981 NL  .989 (4th)
1982 NL  .987 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1950-08-01 (7th)

                                         

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