Rudy May
Rudolph May Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 207 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
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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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
1965 CAL AL 20 P 30 19 124.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.63 .947 2.04 0.75
1969 CAL AL 24 P 43 25 180.1 38 6 26 6 3 .842 1.60 0.74 .958 1.88 0.69
1970 CAL AL 25 P 38 34 208.2 41 5 33 3 1 .927 1.64 1.00 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 CAL AL 26 P 32 31 208.1 42 7 31 4 3 .905 1.64 1.19 .960 1.98 0.77
1972 CAL AL 27 P 35 30 205.1 31 2 24 5 2 .839 1.14 0.74 .955 1.86 0.75
1973 CAL AL 28 P 34 28 185.0 42 2 39 1 0 .976 1.99 1.21 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 TOT AL 29 P 35 18 141.1 23 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.66 .943 1.81 0.83
1974 CAL AL 29 P 18 3 27.0 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 3.67 0.61 .945 1.80 0.83
1974 NYY AL 29 P 17 15 114.1 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.71 .942 1.81 0.83
1975 NYY AL 30 P 32 31 212.0 36 9 25 2 0 .944 1.44 1.06 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 31 P 35 32 220.1 49 13 31 5 3 .898 1.80 1.26 .953 1.87 0.85
1976 NYY AL 31 P 11 11 68.0 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.85 1.27 .953 1.87 0.85
1976 BAL AL 31 P 24 21 152.1 34 9 21 4 2 .882 1.77 1.25 .953 1.87 0.85
1977 BAL AL 32 P 37 37 251.2 43 6 33 4 1 .907 1.39 1.05 .951 1.95 0.84
1978 MON NL 33 P 27 23 144.0 23 5 15 3 2 .870 1.25 0.74 .957 1.91 0.72
1979 MON NL 34 P 33 7 93.2 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.02 0.64 .948 1.80 0.66
1980 NYY AL 35 P 41 17 175.1 33 5 26 2 2 .939 1.59 0.76 .958 1.85 0.77
1981 NYY AL 36 P 27 22 147.2 40 11 28 1 0 .975 2.38 1.44 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 NYY AL 37 P 41 6 106.0 22 2 19 1 1 .955 1.78 0.51 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 38 P 15 0 18.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.20 .967 1.82 0.73
16 Seasons P 535 360 2622.0 506 87 382 37 18 .927 1.61 0.88 .953 1.89 0.77
16 Seasons TOT 535 360 2622.0 506 87 382 37 18 .927 1.61 0.88 .880 1.89 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 CAL AL 20 30 19 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 24 44 25 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 CAL AL 25 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CAL AL 26 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 27 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 28 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL AL 29 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 29 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NYY AL 30 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BAL AL 31 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 31 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BAL AL 32 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MON NL 33 27 23 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MON NL 34 33 7 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 35 41 0 2 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 36 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 37 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 38 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 536 169 243 536 535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 CAL AL 20 572 72% 20% 16 81% 0 4 0 2 15 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1969 CAL AL 24 749 73% 27% 35 83% 1 6 1 4 29 22 4 6 0 2 4 2 3 2 3 0 4 50%
1970 CAL AL 25 898 72% 25% 43 77% 0 5 1 2 33 27 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1971 CAL AL 26 871 72% 21% 40 95% 0 7 3 1 34 22 7 4 0 2 2 1 3 3 3 0 7 71%
1972 CAL AL 27 872 71% 23% 32 72% 2 2 0 2 25 19 3 5 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1973 CAL AL 28 831 74% 22% 30 97% 0 2 1 1 35 27 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1974 CAL AL 29 133 82% 28% 11 91% 2 0 0 0 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 NYY AL 29 472 70% 23% 10 90% 0 4 0 4 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1975 NYY AL 30 923 73% 25% 33 85% 1 9 2 7 26 23 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1976 BAL AL 31 652 83% 27% 25 92% 0 9 3 3 21 17 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 6 100%
1976 NYY AL 31 287 77% 29% 11 91% 1 4 0 4 10 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1977 BAL AL 32 1084 83% 28% 32 91% 0 6 0 6 33 26 2 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1978 MON NL 33 638 79% 23% 20 85% 0 5 1 4 17 14 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 83%
1979 MON NL 34 414 75% 21% 22 91% 1 5 4 1 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1980 NYY AL 35 715 76% 24% 31 84% 2 6 2 4 26 19 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 67%
1981 NYY AL 36 634 81% 28% 29 90% 0 11 2 7 27 22 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1982 NYY AL 37 445 78% 22% 21 90% 0 2 1 0 19 12 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 100%
1983 NYY AL 38 94 68% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
16 Seasons 11284 76% 24% 443 87% 10 87 21 52 389 296 36 37 2 20 15 14 18 13 15 3 88 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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