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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 10	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
8	9	Apr 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	10	Apr 20	BAL		CLE	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
10	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
11	13 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
12	14	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
13	15	Apr 27	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
14	16	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
15	17	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	21 (3)	May 6	BAL		SEA	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
17	22	May 7	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	GS	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
18	23	May 8	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	24	May 11	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
20	25	May 12	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
21	26	May 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
22	27	May 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
23	28	May 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
24	29	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
25	30	May 17	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
26	31	May 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
27	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
28	33	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	16	1	0	17	3	1B
29	34	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	GF	14	4.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
30	35	May 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
31	36	May 23	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	37	May 24	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	38	May 25 (1)	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	39	May 25 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,7-2	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
35	40	May 27	BAL		MIN	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
36	41	May 28	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
37	42	May 29	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
38	43	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-7	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
39	44	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
41	46	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	33	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
42	47	Jun 3	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	GS	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
43	49 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	L,13-14	CG	52	9.1	13	1	0	14	0	1B
44	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	51	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
46	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	1B
47	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	GS	32	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
48	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
49	57 (2)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,8-5	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
51	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
52	60	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
53	61	Jun 17	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
54	62	Jun 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	12	4	0	16	2	1B
55	63	Jun 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
56	64	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
57	65	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	66	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
59	67	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
60	68	Jun 24	BAL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
61	70 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	77 (6)	Jul 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
63	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	79	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,6-4	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
65	81 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	50	12.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
66	82	Jul 6	BAL		DET	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	14	0	1	15	2	1B
67	83	Jul 8	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
68	84	Jul 9	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
69	93 (8)	Jul 22	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
70	96 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
71	97	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
72	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
73	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
74	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
75	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	104 (2)	Aug 1	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
77	105	Aug 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,8-6	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	106	Aug 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	107	Aug 6	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
80	109 (1)	Aug 8	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
81	110	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	113 (2)	Aug 12	BAL		OAK	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
83	114	Aug 13	BAL		OAK	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
84	116 (1)	Aug 15	BAL		MIN	L,9-13	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
85	117	Aug 16	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	58	13.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
86	118	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
87	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
88	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
89	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B
90	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
91	123	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,10-5	GS	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
92	124	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
93	125	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
94	126	Aug 27	BAL		KCR	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
95	128 (1)	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
96	129	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
97	130	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
99	132	Sep 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
100	134 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
101	140 (5)	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	GS	26	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
102	141	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	GS	29	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
103	145 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	4	1B
104	147 (1)	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
105	148	Sep 17	BAL		BOS	W,11-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
106	149	Sep 18	BAL		BOS	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
107	150	Sep 19	BAL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
108	151	Sep 20	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
109	152	Sep 21	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
110	153	Sep 22	BAL		TOR	W,7-1	GS	20	6.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
							110gm		900.2	907	56	5	968	101