Merrill May

Name Note: Name presented as Pinky May in some sources

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN us

Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN

Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-093d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1943 (Age 32-258d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Merrill Glend May

Nicknames: Pinky

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Relatives: Father of Milt May

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

2215

610

.275

210

RBI

215

OBP

.354

SLG

.337

OPS

.691

OPS+

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

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	2	Apr 16	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHI		BSN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	14.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
12	12	Apr 26	PHI		NYG	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 27	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	Apr 29	PHI		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 30	PHI		PIT	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-15	GS	28	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 2	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 3	PHI		STL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 4	PHI		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
20	20	May 6	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	21	May 7	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	3
22	22	May 8	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	23	May 10	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
24	24	May 11	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	25	May 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 14	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 18	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
30	30	May 20	PHI	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	0	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
31	31	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	32	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 25	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
35	35	May 27	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 28	PHI		BRO	L,5-6	CG	50	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
39	39	May 31	PHI		BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 1 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 2	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 3	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 6	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 7	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
46	46	Jun 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
47	47	Jun 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 9	PHI		PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
49	49	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 11	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	7	4	0	11	2
51	51	Jun 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 15 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	56	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 19	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	51	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
60	60	Jun 22 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
61	61	Jun 22 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	62	Jun 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 25 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	64	Jun 25 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jun 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	70	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	71	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	76	Jul 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
77	77	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
78	78	Jul 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
79	79	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 15	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	62	16.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	81	Jul 16	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
82	84 (2)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
83	85	Jul 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	86	Jul 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
85	87	Jul 24	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
86	88	Jul 25	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	89	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	90	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	91	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	92	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-12	GS	0	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
91	93	Jul 30 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
92	94	Jul 30 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	95	Jul 31	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	96	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	97	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	98	Aug 3 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	99	Aug 3 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
98	100	Aug 5	PHI		BSN	L,9-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	101	Aug 6	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	102	Aug 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	103	Aug 9	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
102	104	Aug 10 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
103	105	Aug 10 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
104	106	Aug 11	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	107	Aug 12	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	3	5	0	8	0
106	108	Aug 13	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 16	PHI		NYG	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
108	110	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	111	Aug 17 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,18-2	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	119 (7)	Aug 24 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
111	122 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,3-11	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
112	123	Aug 27	PHI		PIT	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
113	124	Aug 28	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
114	125	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
115	126	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	127	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	128	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	129	Sep 3 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
119	130	Sep 3 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
120	131	Sep 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	132	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,6-17	CG	51	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
122	133	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-10	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	134	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
124	135	Sep 10 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	136	Sep 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	49	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
127	138	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
128	139	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
129	140	Sep 17 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	141	Sep 17 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
131	144 (2)	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
132	145	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	146	Sep 21 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
134	147	Sep 21 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	148	Sep 22	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
136	149	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	152 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
138	153	Sep 25	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
139	154	Sep 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	155	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-5	GS	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							140gm		1189.0	194	324	15	533	31