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

Born: August 1, 1950 in Gary, IN
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 Batting

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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
1970 19 PIT NL 5 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 265 3 0 1 0 0 0
1971 20 PIT NL 49 137 126 15 35 1 0 6 25 0 0 9 16 .278 .321 .429 .750 109 54 6 0 0 2 3 2
1972 21 PIT NL 57 151 139 12 39 10 0 0 14 0 0 10 13 .281 .325 .353 .677 94 49 3 0 0 2 2 2
1973 22 PIT NL 101 322 283 29 76 8 1 7 31 0 1 34 26 .269 .349 .378 .727 104 107 9 2 1 2 12 2
1974 23 HOU NL 127 453 405 47 117 17 4 7 54 0 1 39 33 .289 .349 .402 .751 114 163 9 1 3 5 8 *2
1975 24 HOU NL 111 419 386 29 93 15 1 4 52 1 2 26 41 .241 .287 .316 .603 73 122 7 0 4 3 3 2
1976 25 DET AL 6 25 25 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .280 .280 .320 .600 74 8 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1977 26 DET AL 115 438 397 32 99 9 3 12 46 0 0 26 31 .249 .291 .378 .669 78 150 14 0 8 7 2 *2
1978 27 DET AL 105 387 352 24 88 9 0 10 37 0 0 27 26 .250 .305 .361 .666 85 127 13 2 4 2 3 2
1979 28 TOT AL 71 233 213 24 54 15 0 7 31 0 0 15 28 .254 .307 .423 .730 95 90 4 2 2 1 2 2
1979 28 DET AL 6 12 11 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .455 .788 108 5 1 0 0 0 1 /2
1979 28 CHW AL 65 221 202 23 51 13 0 7 28 0 0 14 27 .252 .306 .421 .727 95 85 3 2 2 1 1 2
1980 29 SFG NL 111 393 358 27 93 16 2 6 50 0 1 25 40 .260 .305 .366 .671 90 131 13 1 3 6 4 2
1981 30 SFG NL 97 354 316 20 98 17 0 2 33 1 4 34 29 .310 .376 .383 .759 118 121 7 0 3 1 10 *2 MVP-25
1982 31 SFG NL 114 429 395 29 104 19 0 9 39 0 1 28 38 .263 .311 .380 .691 94 150 4 0 5 1 8 *2
1983 32 TOT NL 73 221 198 18 49 6 0 6 20 2 2 22 24 .247 .323 .369 .691 94 73 6 0 1 0 7 2
1983 32 SFG NL 66 208 186 18 46 6 0 6 20 2 2 21 23 .247 .324 .376 .700 97 70 6 0 1 0 6 2
1983 32 PIT NL 7 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 55 3 0 0 0 0 1 /2
1984 33 PIT NL 50 107 96 4 17 3 0 1 8 0 1 10 15 .177 .255 .240 .494 40 23 3 0 1 0 1 2
15 Seasons 1192 4074 3693 313 971 147 11 77 443 4 13 305 361 .263 .318 .371 .689 93 1371 98 9 35 32 65
162 Game Avg. 162 554 502 43 132 20 1 10 60 1 2 41 49 .263 .318 .371 .689 93 186 13 1 5 4 9
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
PIT (6 yrs) 269 735 660 61 172 23 1 14 80 0 2 64 71 .261 .326 .362 .688 94 239 21 3 2 6 19
SFG (4 yrs) 388 1384 1255 94 341 58 2 23 142 3 8 108 130 .272 .328 .376 .704 99 472 30 1 12 8 28
DET (4 yrs) 232 862 785 59 197 21 3 22 87 0 0 54 59 .251 .298 .369 .667 81 290 28 2 12 9 6
HOU (2 yrs) 238 872 791 76 210 32 5 11 106 1 3 65 74 .265 .319 .360 .679 94 285 16 1 7 8 11
CHW (1 yr) 65 221 202 23 51 13 0 7 28 0 0 14 27 .252 .306 .421 .727 95 85 3 2 2 1 1
NL (11 yrs) 895 2991 2706 231 723 113 8 48 328 4 13 237 275 .267 .325 .368 .693 96 996 67 5 21 22 58
AL (4 yrs) 297 1083 987 82 248 34 3 29 115 0 0 68 86 .251 .299 .380 .679 84 375 31 4 14 10 7

Postseason Batting

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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
1971 20 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 20 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 21 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 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 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 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 (1667th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1981 NL--.310--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1981 NL--.376--8th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL--10--4th
Career--65--240th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1828), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1264), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

October 31, 1973: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Houston Astros for Jerry Reuss.

December 6, 1975: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jim Crawford and Dave Roberts to the Detroit Tigers for Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello, Gene Pentz and Leon Roberts.

May 27, 1979: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 19, 1983: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Steve Nicosia.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

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