Carlos May

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: May 17, 1948 in Birmingham, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (18th) of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parker HS (Birmingham, AL).

High School: Parker HS (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: September 6, 1968 (Age 20-112d, 12,749th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1977 (Age 29-138d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Carlos May

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Relatives: Brother of Lee May; Uncle of Jacob May

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

4120

1127

.274

545

RBI

536

OBP

.357

SLG

.392

OPS

.749

OPS+

111

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Summary of 90 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 3 walk-off, 6 tying, 28 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	85
NYY	5

Platoon
vs RHP	75
vs LHP	15

Home/Road
Home	49
Away	41

Outs
0	33
1	31
2	26

12 Opps
TEX/WSA	15
OAK	11
MIL/SEP	10
KCR	8
CLE	8
MIN	7
BOS	7
CAL	7
DET	7
NYY	5
BAL	4
CHW	1

70 Pitchers
Marty Pattin	3
Catfish Hunter	3
Luis Tiant	3
Dave Morehead	2
Steve Dunning	2
Mel Stottlemyre	2
Jim Nash	2
Jim Perry	2
Tom Murphy	2
Tom Phoebus	2
Vida Blue	2
Bert Blyleven	2
Joe Coleman	2
Diego Segui	2
Jim Bibby	2
Casey Cox	2
Steve Hargan	2
Clyde Wright	1
Luke Walker	1
Jim Colborn	1
Lance Clemons	1
Dave Goltz	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Chuck Dobson	1
Jackie Brown	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Marcel Lachemann	1
Sam McDowell	1
Jim Merritt	1
Vicente Romo	1
Jim Rooker	1
Denny McLain	1
Steve Foucault	1
Ed Phillips	1
Bob Johnson	1
Jim Panther	1
Bucky Brandon	1
Bill Singer	1
John Hiller	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Jim Slaton	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Phil Hennigan	1
Bill Gogolewski	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Steve Busby	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Steve Stone	1
Don Stanhouse	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Dick Drago	1
Eddie Watt	1
Don Durham	1
Alan Foster	1
Bill Lee	1
Roger Nelson	1
Ken Brett	1
Bill Campbell	1
Joe Decker	1
Ed Farmer	1
Jerry Bell	1
Jim Hardin	1
Doc Medich	1
Fred Talbot	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Skip Lockwood	1
Lerrin LaGrow	1
Don Kirkwood	1
Lew Krausse	1
Fred Beene	1

15 Parks
Comiskey Pk	48
Yankee Stad	6
Arlington	5
ClevelandStd	4
Tiger Stad	4
Metrop. Stad	4
O.co Coliseum	4
County Stad	4
Angel Stad	3
Memor. Stad	2
Fenway Pk	2
Munic. Stad	1
KauffmanStad	1
RFK Stad	1
Sick's Stad	1

Where Hit
9	42
8	7
7	6
89	3
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	78
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	50
1--	18
1-3	8
12-	6
-2-	5
123	3

150 RBI
RISP	22
0 on	50
1 on	23
2 on	14
3 on	3
Any on	40

Inning
1	13
2	7
3	4
4	10
5	9
6	11
7	13
8	13
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	24
4-6	30
7-end	36

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	4
+2	12
+1	5
Tied	20
-1	10
-2	14
-3	6
-4..	12

Ahead	28
Tied	20
Behind	42

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	60
DH	20
1B	8
PH	1
RF	1

OrderPos
3rd	28
5th	21
4th	16
2nd	10
6th	8
1st	4
7th	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	37

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-09	CHW	@	OAK	Jim Nash	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.132	59%		Home Run
2	2	2	2	1969-04-09	CHW	@	OAK	Jim Nash	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.132	79%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1969-04-16	CHW		KCR	Dave Morehead	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.099	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	2	1969-04-16	CHW		KCR	Dave Morehead	behind 1-2	b 5	1	1--	2	1	7	0.281	69%		Home Run (Deep CF); Alomar Scores
5	5	5	1	1969-05-01	CHW	@	KCR	Jim Rooker	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	1969-05-03	CHW	@	MIN	Jim Perry	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	1	7	0.122	33%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	7	1	1969-05-07	CHW	@	BAL	Eddie Watt	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	0.024	97%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	1969-05-11	CHW	@	CLE	Luis Tiant	behind 1-2	t 5	2	1--	2	3	7	0.292	61%		Home Run; Alomar Scores
9	9	9	1	1969-05-14	CHW	@	DET	John Hiller	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.130	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1969-05-16	CHW		WSA	Casey Cox	tied 6-6	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	0.208	79%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	11	1	1969-06-02	CHW	@	BOS	Sparky Lyle	behind 2-4	t 8	2	123	4	3	7	0.662	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); McCraw Scores; Williams Scores; Aparicio Scores
12	12	12	1	1969-06-15 (2)	CHW		BAL	Tom Phoebus	behind 0-12	b 7	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); Berry Scores
13	13	13	1	1969-06-18 (2)	CHW		SEP	Diego Segui	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	3	7	0.233	59%		Home Run
14	14	14	1	1969-06-19	CHW		SEP	Marty Pattin	behind 0-4	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.133	32%		Home Run; Aparicio Scores
15	15	15	1	1969-06-24 (2)	CHW	@	SEP	Fred Talbot	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.111	57%		Home Run
16	16	16	1	1969-07-04 (2)	CHW		CAL	Clyde Wright	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	7	0.117	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	17	1	1969-07-08 (1)	CHW		OAK	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-2	b 8	2	---	1	3	7	0.103	19%		Home Run
18	18	18	1	1969-07-16 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	Bucky Brandon	behind 6-7	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	0.169	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1970-04-12 (1)	CHW		MIL	Lew Krausse	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.061	15%		Home Run
20	20	2	1	1970-04-25	CHW	@	CLE	Steve Hargan	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.104	57%		Home Run
21	21	3	1	1970-05-06	CHW		CLE	Sam McDowell	tied 1-1	b 9	1	---	1	3	7	0.425	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
22	22	4	1	1970-05-09	CHW	@	BAL	Tom Phoebus	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	1	3	7	0.099	19%		Home Run (CF-RF)
23	23	5	1	1970-05-16	CHW		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	1-3	3	4	7	0.040	99%		Home Run; Aparicio Scores; Matias Scores
24	24	6	1	1970-05-22	CHW		OAK	Marcel Lachemann	ahead 6-1	b 4	1	1--	2	4	7	0.030	98%		Home Run; Hopkins Scores/unER
25	25	7	1	1970-06-30	CHW		OAK	Catfish Hunter	behind 1-4	b 8	2	1--	2	3	7	0.136	19%		Home Run; Aparicio Scores
26	26	8	1	1970-07-02	CHW		OAK	Diego Segui	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.189	63%		Home Run; Aparicio Scores
27	27	9	1	1970-07-09	CHW	@	MIL	Skip Lockwood	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	12-	3	4	7	0.215	90%		Home Run; Aparicio Scores; Williams Scores
28	28	10	1	1970-08-26	CHW		WSA	Casey Cox	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.120	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	11	1	1970-08-29	CHW		BOS	Ed Phillips	ahead 10-8	b 7	2	1-3	3	3	7	0.090	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); Hopkins Scores; O'Brien Scores
30	30	12	1	1970-08-30 (1)	CHW		BOS	Vicente Romo	behind 3-13	b 3	0	1--	2	3	7	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); Moore Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1971-04-22	CHW	@	MIL	Marty Pattin	behind 1-2	t 8	2	1-3	3	3	3	0.632	87%		Home Run; Richard Scores; Andrews Scores
32	32	2	1	1971-05-01	CHW	@	WSA	Denny McLain	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	0.125	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1971-07-19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	Jim Hardin	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.144	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1971-08-22	CHW	@	CLE	Steve Dunning	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	2	5	7	0.150	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); Melton Scores
35	35	5	1	1971-09-03 (2)	CHW		KCR	Lance Clemons	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2	6	3	0.136	87%		Home Run; Melton Scores
36	36	6	1	1971-09-18	CHW		CAL	Tom Murphy	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	4	5	3	0.226	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; Kelly Scores; Johnstone Scores; Melton Scores
37	37	7	1	1971-09-23	CHW	@	CAL	Tom Murphy	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	3	0.164	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1972-04-18	CHW		TEX	Bill Gogolewski	ahead 2-0	b 1	0	12-	3	5	7	0.114	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); Allen Scores; Melton Scores
39	39	2	1	1972-04-22 (2)	CHW		KCR	Roger Nelson	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.292	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	3	1	1972-05-21	CHW		CAL	Alan Foster	behind 6-8	b 9	2	12-	3	6	7	0.923	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); Andrews Scores; Melton Scores
41	41	4	1	1972-06-10	CHW		MIL	Ken Brett	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	7	0.176	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); Williams Scores
42	42	5	2	1972-06-10	CHW		MIL	Jim Colborn	ahead 5-0	b 7	0	---	1	2	7	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	6	1	1972-06-13	CHW	@	NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 8	1	1--	2	4	7	0.383	89%		Home Run; Allen Scores
44	44	7	1	1972-06-25	CHW	@	TEX	Jim Panther	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	123	4	4	7	0.081	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); Kelly Scores/unER; Alvarado Scores; Allen Scores
45	45	8	1	1972-07-22	CHW		CLE	Phil Hennigan	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	0.219	54%		Home Run
46	46	9	1	1972-07-23 (2)	CHW		CLE	Steve Dunning	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.124	67%		Home Run
47	47	10	2	1972-07-23 (2)	CHW		CLE	Ed Farmer	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	0.385	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
48	48	11	1	1972-09-20	CHW	@	OAK	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-3	t 4	1	---	1	5	7	0.117	32%		Home Run
49	49	12	1	1972-09-26	CHW		KCR	Steve Busby	behind 0-2	b 9	1	---	1	4	7	0.056	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1973-04-22 (1)	CHW	@	KCR	Dick Drago	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1-3	3	2	7	0.135	89%		Home Run; Brinkman Scores; Jeter Scores
51	51	2	1	1973-04-24	CHW	@	NYY	Fred Beene	ahead 7-3	t 7	1	---	1	2	7	0.026	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	3	1	1973-04-25	CHW	@	NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	4	1	1973-05-20 (1)	CHW		MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	1-3	3	2	DH	0.152	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); Orta Scores; Kelly Scores
54	54	5	1	1973-05-23	CHW		CAL	Bill Singer	behind 2-3	b 7	2	1-3	3	6	DH	0.513	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); Allen Scores; Reichardt Scores
55	55	6	1	1973-06-03	CHW	@	MIL	Jerry Bell	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	DH	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	7	1	1973-06-13	CHW	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	12-	3	5	7	0.152	93%		Home Run; Allen Scores; Melton Scores
57	57	8	1	1973-07-08 (1)	CHW		BOS	Marty Pattin	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.155	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); Kelly Scores
58	58	9	1	1973-07-15	CHW		BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 1-3	b 8	2	---	1	3	7	0.104	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	10	1	1973-08-04	CHW		TEX	Jackie Brown	behind 1-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	5	DH	0.256	51%		Home Run (Deep RF); Melton Scores
60	60	11	1	1973-08-05 (1)	CHW		TEX	Jim Merritt	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	5	DH	0.058	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	12	1	1973-08-13	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 0-0	t 2	0	-2-	2	5	DH	0.145	71%		Home Run; Melton Scores
62	62	13	1	1973-08-25	CHW		DET	Jim Perry	behind 1-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	DH	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	14	1	1973-08-26 (1)	CHW		DET	Joe Coleman	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	DH	0.079	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	15	2	1973-08-26 (1)	CHW		DET	Joe Coleman	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	---	1	5	DH	0.036	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	16	1	1973-09-03 (1)	CHW		TEX	Sonny Siebert	behind 3-6	b 7	2	1-3	3	5	DH	0.397	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); Muser Scores; Melton Scores
66	66	17	1	1973-09-04	CHW		TEX	Don Durham	ahead 7-0	b 6	1	1--	2	5	DH	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); Hairston Scores
67	67	18	1	1973-09-07	CHW	@	MIN	Joe Decker	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	5	DH	0.064	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	19	1	1973-09-22	CHW		OAK	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-6	b 4	2	---	1	5	DH	0.027	7%		Home Run
69	69	20	1	1973-09-23	CHW		OAK	Vida Blue	behind 0-10	b 7	0	1--	2	5	DH	0.003	0%		Home Run; Melton Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1974-06-18	CHW	@	CLE	Bob Johnson	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	1	4	7	0.064	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	2	1	1974-06-27	CHW		MIN	Bill Campbell	behind 1-6	b 8	2	1--	2	4	7	0.028	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); Allen Scores
72	72	3	1	1974-06-29	CHW		MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.134	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
73	73	4	1	1974-07-06	CHW	@	DET	Luke Walker	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	12-	3	2	7	0.141	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); Santo Scores; Richard Scores
74	74	5	1	1974-07-26	CHW	@	TEX	Jim Bibby	behind 1-7	t 6	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.030	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); Orta Scores
75	75	6	2	1974-07-26	CHW	@	TEX	Jim Bibby	behind 3-8	t 8	2	1--	2	4	7	0.021	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); Allen Scores
76	76	7	1	1974-08-05	CHW		TEX	Don Stanhouse	behind 7-13	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
77	77	8	1	1974-08-31	CHW		NYY	Doc Medich	behind 0-10	b 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); Allen Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1975-04-13 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	Chuck Dobson	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	6	3	0.120	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); Henderson Scores
79	79	2	1	1975-04-24	CHW	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-3	t 9	0	---	1	4	DH	0.040	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	3	1	1975-06-01 (2)	CHW	@	DET	Lerrin LaGrow	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.108	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	4	1	1975-06-11	CHW		BOS	Bill Lee	behind 1-4	b 3	1	---	1	3	7	0.089	29%		Home Run
82	82	5	1	1975-06-18	CHW	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	behind 2-6	t 8	0	---	1	3	7	0.033	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
83	83	6	1	1975-07-01	CHW		OAK	Vida Blue	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.090	33%		Home Run
84	84	7	1	1975-07-25	CHW	@	OAK	Rollie Fingers	tied 3-3	t 11	1	---	1	6	3	0.387	83%		Home Run
85	85	8	1	1975-07-29	CHW	@	CAL	Don Kirkwood	ahead 6-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	3	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1976-06-12	NYY		TEX	Steve Foucault	behind 0-2	b 9	0	---	1	5	DH	0.101	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	2	1	1976-07-15 (1)	NYY	@	TEX	Steve Hargan	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	1-3	3	5	DH	0.049	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); White Scores; Chambliss Scores
88	88	3	1	1976-07-30	NYY	@	BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 3-4	t 8	2	12-	3	5	DH	0.607	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); White Scores; Munson Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
89	89	1	1	1977-05-24	NYY		BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	1	8	DH	0.145	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
90	90	2	1	1977-06-05	NYY	@	CHW	Steve Stone	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	-2-	2	7	DH	0.145	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); Jackson Scores

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