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Pinky May

Merrill Glend May

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN
School: Indiana University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1939
Team: Phillies 1939-1943

Final Game: October 3, 1943
Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN
Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN
Relatives: Father of Milt May
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1939 28 PHI NL 135 531 464 49 133 27 3 2 62 4 41 20 .287 .346 .371 .717 97 172 16 1 25 *5
1940 29 PHI NL 136 571 501 59 147 24 2 1 48 2 58 33 .293 .371 .355 .727 106 178 9 4 8 *5/6 AS,MVP-29
1941 30 PHI NL 142 555 490 46 131 17 4 0 39 2 55 30 .267 .344 .318 .662 91 156 18 2 8 *5
1942 31 PHI NL 115 408 345 25 82 15 0 0 18 3 51 17 .238 .338 .281 .619 87 97 8 1 11 *5
1943 32 PHI NL 137 481 415 31 117 19 2 1 48 2 56 21 .282 .369 .345 .713 111 143 18 1 9 *5
5 Seasons 665 2546 2215 210 610 102 11 4 215 13 261 121 .275 .354 .337 .691 99 746 69 9 61
162 Game Avg. 162 620 540 51 149 25 3 1 52 3 64 29 .275 .354 .337 .691 99 182 17 2 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 28 PHI NL 531 -4 -1 0 0 0 3 15 13 1.3 13 1.4 -0.1 $ *5
1940 29 PHI NL 571 0 -2 0 0 7 0 20 25 2.5 18 1.9 0.6 $ *5/6 AS,MVP-29
1941 30 PHI NL 555 -10 -2 0 0 5 0 20 13 1.2 8 0.9 0.3 $ *5
1942 31 PHI NL 408 -10 -2 0 0 9 0 13 10 0.8 1 0.1 0.7 $ *5
1943 32 PHI NL 481 7 -3 0 0 2 0 15 21 2.2 19 2.1 0.1 $ *5
5 Seasons 2546 -17 -10 0 0 23 3 83 82 8.0 59 6.4 1.6 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1939 28 PHI NL 531 372 59 4.2 98 .296 .287 .273 .346 .338 .371 .390 .717 .728 97 .466 -0.0 0.0 .628 .181 .084 2.7
1940 29 PHI NL 571 371 65 4.7 94 .313 .293 .266 .371 .330 .355 .382 .727 .712 106 .536 7.2 0.7 .667 .182 .062 1.3
1941 30 PHI NL 555 385 53 3.7 90 .285 .267 .260 .344 .329 .318 .366 .662 .696 91 .446 -3.7 -0.4 .570 .167 .051 .0
1942 31 PHI NL 408 282 33 3.2 82 .250 .238 .249 .338 .320 .281 .346 .619 .666 87 .414 -2.7 -0.3 .561 .200 .043 .0
1943 32 PHI NL 481 325 53 4.4 85 .295 .282 .259 .369 .326 .345 .351 .713 .678 111 .549 8.7 0.9 .639 .202 .063 1.3
5 Seasons 2546 1735 263 4.1 90 .290 .275 .262 .354 .329 .337 .369 .691 .698 99 .487 9.5 1.0 .615 .185 .061 6.1
162 Game Avg. 620 423 64 4.1 90 .290 .275 .262 .354 .329 .337 .369 .691 .698 99 .487 2 0 .615 .185 .061 1

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 PHI NL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 28 PHI NL 531 0.4% 3.8% 7.7% 6.0% 24% 0.49 23.2 232.0 7.5 83%
1940 29 PHI NL 571 0.2% 5.8% 10.2% 4.7% 18% 0.57 15.2 501.0 10.4 82%
1941 30 PHI NL 555 0.0% 5.4% 9.9% 3.8% 16% 0.55 16.3 12.6 83%
1942 31 PHI NL 408 0.0% 4.2% 12.5% 3.7% 18% 0.33 20.3 19.2 80%
1943 32 PHI NL 481 0.2% 4.4% 11.6% 4.6% 19% 0.38 19.8 415.0 8.6 82%
5 Seasons 2546 0.2% 4.8% 10.3% 4.6% 19% 0.46 18.3 553.8 10.3 82%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.8 67.2 8.5 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 28 135 531 464 49 133 27 3 2 62 4 41 20 .287 .346 .371 .717 97 172 16 1 25
1940 29 271 1102 965 108 280 51 5 3 110 6 99 53 .290 .359 .363 .722 102 350 25 5 33
1941 30 413 1657 1455 154 411 68 9 3 149 8 154 83 .282 .354 .348 .702 98 506 43 7 41
1942 31 528 2065 1800 179 493 83 9 3 167 11 205 100 .274 .351 .335 .686 96 603 51 8 52
1943 32 665 2546 2215 210 610 102 11 4 215 13 261 121 .275 .354 .337 .691 99 746 69 9 61

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 28 142 539 493 55 145 29 3 2 69 4 45 21 .294 .354 .377 .732 66 135
1940 29 143 599 532 66 160 26 2 1 53 2 63 35 .301 .379 .363 .742 73 136
1941 30 147 581 518 53 145 19 4 0 45 2 61 31 .280 .358 .332 .690 61 142
1942 31 122 436 375 32 97 18 0 0 23 4 60 18 .259 .362 .307 .669 41 115
1943 32 143 512 446 38 135 22 2 1 59 2 65 22 .303 .393 .368 .760 65 137
5 Seasons 697 2667 2364 244 682 114 11 4 249 14 294 127 .288 .369 .351 .720 306 665
162 Game Avg. 162 620 549 57 159 26 3 1 58 3 68 30 .288 .369 .351 .720 71 665

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1498th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1942 NL  0.7 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1940 NL  120 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  25 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 NL  16 (8th)
1941 NL  18 (4th)
1943 NL  18 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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