Lee May

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: March 23, 1943 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: July 29, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Cremated

High School: A. H. Parker HS (Birmingham, AL)

School: Miles College (Fairfield, AL)

Debut: September 1, 1965 (Age 22-162d, 12,386th in major league history)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1982 (Age 39-185d)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Lee Andrew May

Nicknames: Big Bopper

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Relatives: Brother of Carlos May; Grandfather of Jacob May

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

7609

2031

354

.267

959

RBI

1244

OBP

.313

SLG

.459

OPS

.772

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
2	17	Apr 27	CIN		SDP	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
3	18	Apr 28	CIN		SDP	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
4	19	Apr 29	CIN		SDP	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
5	20	Apr 30	CIN		SFG	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21	May 1	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
7	22	May 2	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
8	23	May 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
9	24	May 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS	29	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
10	25	May 6	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
11	26	May 8 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-10	CG	45	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
12	27	May 8 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
13	28	May 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
14	29	May 10	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
15	30	May 11	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	31	May 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
17	32	May 14	CIN		MON	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	33	May 15	CIN		MON	W,6-1	GS	20	6.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
19	34	May 16	CIN		MON	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
20	35	May 17	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
21	36	May 18	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
22	37	May 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
23	38	May 20	CIN		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
24	39	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
25	40	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
26	41	May 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
27	42	May 24	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
28	43	May 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
29	44	May 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	45	May 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	46	May 28	CIN		HOU	W,1-0	CG	52	13.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
32	47	May 29	CIN		HOU	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
33	48	May 30	CIN		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
34	49	May 31	CIN		HOU	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	50	Jun 2 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
36	51	Jun 2 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
37	52	Jun 3	CIN		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
38	53	Jun 4	CIN		STL	W,12-0	GS	16	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
39	54	Jun 5	CIN		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
40	55	Jun 6	CIN		STL	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
41	56	Jun 8	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
42	57	Jun 9	CIN	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
43	58	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
44	59	Jun 12	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
45	60	Jun 13	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
46	61	Jun 14	CIN	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
47	62	Jun 15	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
48	63	Jun 16	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
49	64	Jun 17	CIN		ATL	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
50	65	Jun 18	CIN		ATL	W,6-1	GS	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
51	66	Jun 19	CIN		ATL	L,3-9	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	67	Jun 20 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
53	68	Jun 20 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
54	69	Jun 21	CIN		PHI	L,3-5	CG	52	12.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
55	70	Jun 22	CIN		PHI	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
56	71	Jun 23	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
57	72	Jun 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
58	73	Jun 25 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	1B
59	74	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS	22	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
60	75	Jun 26	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
61	76	Jun 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-5	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
62	77	Jun 28 (1)	CIN	@	MON	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
63	78	Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
64	79	Jun 29	CIN	@	MON	W,14-0	GS	21	5.0	2	0	1	3	1	1B
65	80	Jun 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	81	Jul 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	26	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
67	82	Jul 2	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	83	Jul 3	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	53	12.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
69	85 (1)	Jul 5	CIN	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	86	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
71	87	Jul 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
72	88	Jul 8	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
73	89	Jul 9	CIN		NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
74	90	Jul 10	CIN		NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
75	91	Jul 11 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
76	92	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		NYM	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	93	Jul 15	CIN		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
78	94	Jul 16	CIN		SFG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	95	Jul 17	CIN		SFG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
80	96	Jul 18	CIN		SDP	W,3-0	CG	21	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
81	97	Jul 19	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
82	98	Jul 20	CIN		LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
83	99	Jul 21	CIN		LAD	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
84	100	Jul 22	CIN		LAD	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
85	101	Jul 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
86	102	Jul 24	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
87	103	Jul 25 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
88	104	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
89	105	Jul 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,11-3	GS	27	7.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
90	106	Jul 28	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
91	107	Jul 29	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
92	108	Jul 30	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
93	109	Jul 31	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	111 (1)	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
95	112	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
96	113	Aug 3 (2)	CIN	@	NYM	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
97	114	Aug 4	CIN	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
98	115	Aug 6	CIN		MON	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
99	116	Aug 7	CIN		MON	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
100	117	Aug 8	CIN		MON	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
101	118	Aug 10	CIN		HOU	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
102	119	Aug 11	CIN		HOU	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
103	120	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	W,8-2	GS	22	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
104	121	Aug 14	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	11	2	1	14	3	1B
105	122	Aug 15	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
106	123	Aug 16	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
107	124	Aug 17	CIN		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
108	125	Aug 18	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
109	126	Aug 19	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
110	127	Aug 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
111	128	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
112	129	Aug 22	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
113	132 (2)	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
114	133	Aug 27	CIN	@	STL	W,8-7	GS	45	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
115	134	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
116	135	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
117	136	Aug 30 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
118	137	Aug 30 (2)	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
119	138	Aug 31	CIN		SDP	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	139	Sep 1	CIN		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
121	140	Sep 3	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	7	0	0	7	1	1B
122	141	Sep 4	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
123	142	Sep 5	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
124	143	Sep 6	CIN	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
125	144	Sep 7	CIN	@	SDP	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	145	Sep 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
127	146	Sep 10	CIN		HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
128	147	Sep 11	CIN		HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
129	148	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
130	149	Sep 13	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
131	150	Sep 14	CIN		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
132	151	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
133	152	Sep 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-1	GS	25	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
134	153	Sep 17	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
135	154	Sep 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
136	155	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
137	156	Sep 21	CIN		LAD	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
138	157	Sep 22	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
139	158	Sep 24	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
140	159	Sep 25	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
141	160	Sep 26	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
142	161	Sep 28	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
143	162	Sep 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
							143gm		1191.2	1261	78	8	1347	118