Pinky May
Merrill Glend May
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN
School: Indiana University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1939
Final Game: October 3, 1943
Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN
Relatives: Father of Milt May
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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
1939 28 PHI NL 135 531 464 49 133 27 3 2 62 4 41 20 .287 .346 .371 .717 96 172 16 1 25 *5
1940 29 PHI NL 136 571 501 59 147 24 2 1 48 2 58 33 .293 .371 .355 .727 105 178 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 90 156 18 2 8 *5
1942 31 PHI NL 115 408 345 25 82 15 0 0 18 3 51 17 .238 .338 .281 .619 86 97 8 1 11 *5
1943 32 PHI NL 137 481 415 31 117 19 2 1 48 2 56 21 .282 .369 .345 .713 110 143 18 1 9 *5
5 Seasons 665 2546 2215 210 610 102 11 4 215 13 261 121 .275 .354 .337 .691 98 746 69 9 61
162 Game Avg. 162 620 540 51 149 25 3 1 52 3 64 29 .275 .354 .337 .691 98 182 17 2 15

Advanced Batting

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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 4.2 100 .296 .287 .275 .346 .340 .371 .394 .717 .734 96 .466 -1.4 -0.1 .628 .181 .084 2.7
1940 29 PHI NL 571 371 65 4.7 95 .313 .293 .267 .371 .331 .355 .384 .727 .715 105 .535 6.5 0.7 .667 .182 .062 1.3
1941 30 PHI NL 555 385 53 3.7 91 .285 .267 .261 .344 .331 .318 .368 .662 .699 90 .446 -4.4 -0.4 .570 .167 .051 .0
1942 31 PHI NL 408 282 33 3.2 83 .250 .238 .250 .338 .321 .281 .347 .619 .669 86 .414 -3.2 -0.3 .561 .200 .043 .0
1943 32 PHI NL 481 325 53 4.4 86 .295 .282 .260 .369 .328 .345 .353 .713 .681 110 .549 8.2 0.9 .639 .202 .063 1.3
5 Seasons 2546 1735 263 4.1 91 .290 .275 .263 .354 .331 .337 .371 .691 .702 98 .487 5.7 0.6 .615 .185 .061 6.1
162 Game Avg. 620 423 64 4.1 91 .290 .275 .263 .354 .331 .337 .371 .691 .702 98 .487 1 0 .615 .185 .061 1

All-Star Batting

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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

Cumulative Batting

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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 96 172 16 1 25
1940 29 271 1102 965 108 280 51 5 3 110 6 99 53 .290 .359 .363 .722 100 350 25 5 33
1941 30 413 1657 1455 154 411 68 9 3 149 8 154 83 .282 .354 .348 .702 97 506 43 7 41
1942 31 528 2065 1800 179 493 83 9 3 167 11 205 100 .274 .351 .335 .686 95 603 51 8 52
1943 32 665 2546 2215 210 610 102 11 4 215 13 261 121 .275 .354 .337 .691 98 746 69 9 61

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 28 142 535 490 53 142 29 3 2 67 4 44 21 .290 .350 .373 .723 64 135
1940 29 143 598 531 65 159 26 2 1 53 2 63 35 .299 .378 .362 .740 72 136
1941 30 147 578 516 52 143 19 4 0 44 2 60 31 .277 .355 .329 .684 60 142
1942 31 122 436 375 32 97 18 0 0 23 4 60 18 .259 .362 .307 .669 41 115
1943 32 143 510 445 38 134 22 2 1 58 2 64 22 .301 .390 .366 .756 64 137
5 Seasons 697 2657 2357 240 675 114 11 4 245 14 291 127 .286 .367 .349 .716 301 665
162 Game Avg. 162 618 548 56 157 26 3 1 57 3 68 30 .286 .367 .349 .716 70 665

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 (1469th)

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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Wally Gilbert (967)
  2. Steve Ontiveros (954)
  3. Chuck Dressen (952)
  4. Fred Haney (950)
  5. Gene Robertson (944)
  6. Lou Chiozza (939)
  7. Jimmy Outlaw (938)
  8. Rube Lutzke (936)
  9. Babe Pinelli (935)
  10. Bama Rowell (935)
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  1. Wally Gilbert (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Wally Gilbert (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Jones (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Jones (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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