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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 PHI NL 28 3B 132 435 153 263 19 28 .956 3.15 .941 2.79
1940 PHI NL 29 3B 135 457 139 297 21 12 .954 3.23 .948 2.82 AS,MVP-29
1940 PHI NL 29 SS 1 8 1 6 1 1 .875 7.00 .950 5.00 AS,MVP-29
1941 PHI NL 30 3B 140 533 194 324 15 31 .972 3.70 .948 3.16
1942 PHI NL 31 3B 107 349 109 227 13 23 .963 3.14 .939 3.03
1943 PHI NL 32 3B 132 438 142 280 16 20 .963 3.20 .947 2.97
5 Seasons 3B 646 2212 737 1391 84 114 .962 3.29 .945 2.95
1 Season SS 1 8 1 6 1 1 .875 7.00 .950 5.00
5 Seasons TOT 647 2220 738 1397 85 115 .962 3.30 .907 2.96

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 (1456th)

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 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), 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

Transactions

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees in the 1938 rule 5 draft.

May 7, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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