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Rudy May

Rudolph May

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS
High School: Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/Orioles/Expos 1965-1983
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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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
1965 20 CAL AL 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0 1
1969 24 CAL AL 44 54 49 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 .082 .151 .082 .233 -31 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
1970 25 CAL AL 38 76 69 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 31 .087 .135 .116 .251 -29 8 1 0 2 1 0 1
1971 26 CAL AL 32 74 68 2 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 40 .147 .194 .162 .356 5 11 1 0 2 0 0 1
1972 27 CAL AL 35 67 62 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 29 .113 .154 .129 .283 -13 8 1 0 2 0 0 1
1973 28 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 TOT AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 CAL AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 NYY AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 30 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 TOT AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 31 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 33 MON NL 27 52 42 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .143 .200 .190 .390 11 8 0 0 7 0 0 1
1979 34 MON NL 33 23 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .143 .182 .143 .325 -9 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
1980 35 NYY AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 36 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 37 NYY AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 38 NYY AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 536 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 116 103 4 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 50 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 15 1 1 5 0 0
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
CAL (7 yrs) 231 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
NYY (7 yrs) 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 60 75 63 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .143 .194 .175 .369 4 11 0 1 8 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 476 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 60 75 63 4 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 27 .143 .194 .175 .369 4 11 0 1 8 0 0

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
1965 20 CAL AL 37 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $6,000 1
1969 24 CAL AL 54 -8 0 -1 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1970 25 CAL AL 76 -12 0 0 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1971 26 CAL AL 74 -8 0 -1 1 0 6 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1972 27 CAL AL 67 -8 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1978 33 MON NL 52 -5 -1 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1979 34 MON NL 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
7 Seasons 383 -45 -2 -2 1 0 32 11 -5 -1.2 -5 -0.5 -0.7 $6,000
CAL (5 yrs) 308 -37 -1 -2 1 0 26 9 -4 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $6,000
MON (2 yrs) 75 -8 -1 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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
1965 20 CAL AL 37 26 3 3.1 89 .400 .200 .247 .314 .317 .300 .379 .614 .696 78 .384 -0.6 -0.1 .583 .233 .100
1969 24 CAL AL 54 47 1 0.6 90 .148 .082 .247 .151 .323 .082 .373 .233 .696 -31 .025 -8.6 -0.9 .174 .082 .000
1970 25 CAL AL 76 67 1 0.4 94 .154 .087 .253 .135 .327 .116 .387 .251 .713 -29 .013 -12.0 -1.2 .188 .087 .029
1971 26 CAL AL 74 61 2 0.9 86 .357 .147 .247 .194 .318 .162 .366 .356 .684 5 .058 -8.4 -0.9 .254 .074 .015
1972 27 CAL AL 67 58 1 0.5 78 .212 .113 .240 .154 .308 .129 .346 .283 .654 -13 .022 -8.5 -1.0 .196 .065 .016
1978 33 MON NL 52 43 2 1.2 94 .261 .143 .261 .200 .329 .190 .384 .390 .712 11 .099 -5.1 -0.5 .306 .119 .048
1979 34 MON NL 23 19 1 1.4 99 .231 .143 .268 .182 .333 .143 .397 .325 .730 -9 .112 -3.2 -0.3 .222 .000 .000
16 Seasons 383 321 11 0.9 89 .236 .123 .250 .180 .321 .150 .373 .330 .694 -4 .062 -46.3 -4.9 .248 .091 .026
162 Game Avg. 116 97 3 0.9 89 .236 .123 .250 .180 .321 .150 .373 .330 .694 -4 .062 -46.3 -4.9 .248 .091 .026
CAL (7 yrs) 308 259 8 0.8 87 .232 .119 .247 .177 .319 .144 .370 .321 .688 -5 .052 -38.0 -4.1 .241 .094 .025
MON (2 yrs) 75 62 3 1.3 96 .250 .143 .263 .194 .330 .175 .388 .369 .718 4 .102 -8.3 -0.9 .278 .079 .032
AL (14 yrs) 308 259 8 0.8 87 .232 .119 .247 .177 .319 .144 .370 .321 .688 -5 .052 -38.0 -4.1 .241 .094 .025
NL (2 yrs) 75 62 3 1.3 96 .250 .143 .263 .194 .330 .175 .388 .369 .718 4 .102 -8.3 -0.9 .278 .079 .032

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1981 36 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 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
1965 20 CAL AL 37 0.0% 40.5% 10.8% 8.1% 50% 3.75 2.0 30.0 1.75 41%
1969 24 CAL AL 54 0.0% 40.7% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 5.50 2.2 3.17 50%
1970 25 CAL AL 76 0.0% 40.8% 5.3% 2.6% 33% 7.75 2.2 34.5 4.14 51%
1971 26 CAL AL 74 0.0% 54.1% 5.4% 1.4% 10% 10.00 1.7 17.0 10.00 38%
1972 27 CAL AL 67 0.0% 43.3% 4.5% 1.5% 14% 9.67 2.1 62.0 1.90 49%
1978 33 MON NL 52 0.0% 36.5% 5.8% 3.9% 33% 6.33 2.2 14.0 4.75 44%
1979 34 MON NL 23 0.0% 34.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 7.0 1.75 57%
16 Seasons 383 0.0% 42.8% 5.7% 2.4% 21% 7.45 2.1 24.4 3.24 46%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.9% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.64 6.4 45.2 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 20 CAL AL -0.6 -0.1 37 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .85 -0.2 0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.87 -2.1 0
1969 24 CAL AL -8.6 -0.9 55 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .86 -1.0 -0.1 -9.2 -1.0 0.83 -9.9 0
1970 25 CAL AL -12.0 -1.2 78 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 .98 -1.2 -0.0 -13.9 -1.5 0.96 -12.7 0
1971 26 CAL AL -8.4 -0.9 74 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .94 -0.9 0.1 -7.5 -0.8 0.92 -8.2 0
1972 27 CAL AL -8.5 -1.0 68 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .85 -1.0 -0.1 -7.3 -0.9 0.88 -8.1 0
1973 28 CAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 29 CAL AL 0.0
1974 29 NYY AL 0.0
1975 30 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 31 NYY AL 0.0
1976 31 BAL AL 0.0
1977 32 BAL AL 0.0
1978 33 MON NL -5.1 -0.5 52 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .98 -0.4 -0.0 -4.4 -0.5 1.01 -4.8 0
1979 34 MON NL -3.2 -0.3 24 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .78 -0.4 -0.1 -2.0 -0.2 1.03 -3.3 0
1980 35 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 36 NYY AL 0.0
1982 37 NYY AL 0.0
1983 38 NYY AL 0.0
16 Seasons -46.3 -4.9 388 -4.7 2.5 -7.2 .91 -5.0 -0.1 -46.3 -5.0 0.92 -49.1 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 20 CAL AL 0 0 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
1969 24 CAL AL 0 0 13% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 CAL AL 1 0 0% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40% 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 CAL AL 0 0 14% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 27 CAL AL 1 0 30% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1978 33 MON NL 1 0 22% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1979 34 MON NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
16 Seasons 3 0 18% 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 32% 18 12 5 0 0 0 7 1 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 20 CAL AL 37 76% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 22 1 5% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1969 24 CAL AL 54 63% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 8 1 13% 26 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1970 25 CAL AL 76 71% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 18 1 6% 18 2 11% 47 3 6% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0
1971 26 CAL AL 74 81% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 15 1 7% 15 1 7% 47 4 9% 6 2 33% 2 0 0% 0
1972 27 CAL AL 67 69% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 10 1 10% 11 2 18% 35 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1978 33 MON NL 52 79% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 9 0 0% 12 5 42% 37 3 8% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1979 34 MON NL 23 87% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 17 3 18% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
16 Seasons 383 74% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 24 17 71% 63 4 6% 73 12 16% 231 15 6% 21 7 33% 7 4 57% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1965 20 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0
1966 21 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0
1967 22 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0
1968 23 30 37 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 78 9 0 1 2 0 0
1969 24 74 91 79 3 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 37 .127 .216 .165 .380 11 13 1 1 3 0 0
1970 25 112 167 148 3 16 5 0 0 3 0 0 12 68 .108 .179 .142 .321 -7 21 2 1 5 1 0
1971 26 144 241 216 5 26 6 0 0 7 0 0 16 108 .120 .184 .148 .332 -3 32 3 1 7 1 0
1972 27 179 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1973 28 213 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1974 29 248 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1975 30 280 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1976 31 315 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1977 32 352 308 278 8 33 7 0 0 8 0 0 19 137 .119 .177 .144 .321 -5 40 4 1 9 1 0
1978 33 379 360 320 10 39 9 0 0 11 0 0 22 156 .122 .180 .150 .330 -3 48 4 1 16 1 0
1979 34 412 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
1980 35 453 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
1981 36 480 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
1982 37 521 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0
1983 38 536 383 341 12 42 9 0 0 14 0 0 22 164 .123 .180 .150 .330 -4 51 4 2 17 1 0

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
1965 20 30 35 30 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 4 15 .200 .314 .300 .614 3 30
1969 24 44 55 50 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 22 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 44
1970 25 38 74 69 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 31 .087 .135 .116 .251 1 38
1971 26 32 75 70 3 12 1 0 0 6 0 5 40 .171 .227 .186 .412 3 32
1972 27 37 71 67 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 4 30 .149 .197 .164 .361 2 35
1978 33 27 47 43 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 4 19 .163 .234 .209 .443 2 27
1979 34 33 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .045 .000 .045 0 33
7 Seasons 241 379 350 14 46 9 0 0 15 0 26 165 .131 .195 .157 .352 12 239
162 Game Avg. 162 255 235 9 31 6 0 0 10 0 17 111 .131 .195 .157 .352 8 239

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ()

Oldest s c a p y
1983 AL  born 1944-07-18 (8th)

                           

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