Rudy May

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS us

Died: October 19, 2024 in Hertford, NC

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1965 (Age 20-274d, 12,343rd in major league history)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 1 H, 10 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1983 (Age 39-065d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Rudolph May

Nicknames: E.T.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.4

152

156

ERA

3.46

535

360

2622.0

1760

WHIP

1.248

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-19 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	112	6	Apr 12	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-2		99	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.00	7.70	8	0	3	0	0	1	51			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.024	1.81	0.02%	0.26	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out tie
2	113	10	Apr 16	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.08	1.49	27	5	6	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.182	1.40	0.19%	2.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	114	14	Apr 21	CAL		OAK	L,2-4	GS-10		4	9.0	4	2	2	3	13	2	0	1.56	2.51	34	5	9	0	2	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.012	2.61	0.02%	1.22	1t start tie	10t 1-- 0 out tie
4	115	19	Apr 26	CAL		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.03	2.11	32	4	15	1	5	3	87			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.298	.62	0.23%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
5	116	23	Apr 30	CAL		DET	L,4-7	GS-5	L(2-1)	3	4.0	5	6	6	3	2	1	0	2.67	2.75	20	1	9	0	3	5	27			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.325	.78	-0.29%	-3.36	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	117	30	May 8	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	7	7.2	6	2	2	7	4	0	0	2.61	3.03	35	8	10	0	3	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.158	1.69	0.14%	1.35	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
7	118	34	May 12	CAL	@	DET	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	5.1	6	5	4	1	5	1	0	3.12	3.10	23	2	9	1	1	6	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.193	.88	-0.16%	-1.92	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d4
8	119	38	May 17	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	L(3-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	9	1	0	3.10	3.12	38	9	9	0	1	7	66			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.069	1.19	-0.05%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	120	42	May 21	CAL		CHW	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.1	6	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.28	3.40	22	5	3	0	2	6	48			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.172	.76	-0.11%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	121	65	Jun 17	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS-4	L(3-5)	26	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.65	3.36	20	5	6	0	1	7	32			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.257	.21	-0.06%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	122	70	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-9		3	9.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.31	3.19	34	10	13	0	3	4	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.71	0.069	.30	0.01%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
12	123	75	Jun 26	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.40	3.19	24	10	5	1	0	4	49			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.127	.09	-0.01%	-0.33	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
13	124	80	Jun 30	CAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	9	3	3	3	8	0	1	3.40	3.08	36	9	6	1	2	9	57			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.113	.03	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	125	85	Jul 5	CAL		OAK	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.24	3.08	29	6	12	2	2	6	60			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.113	.06	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a1
15	126	89	Jul 9	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS-12		3	12.0	3	0	0	6	13	0	0	2.86	2.93	43	7	14	1	4	3	103			1	2	0	37	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.61	0.993	.21	0.08%	5.08	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
16	127	96	Jul 18	CAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	8	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.72	2.82	33	9	11	1	4	4	80			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.423	.06	0.01%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	128	101	Jul 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9	L(5-6)	4	8.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	0	2.83	2.87	34	7	13	0	0	4	58			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.36	-0.266	.08	-0.01%	-1.39	1b start a 1	9b 123 0 out tie
18	129	105	Jul 28	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.71	2.76	31	12	8	0	2	6	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.267	.03	0.01%	3.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	130	110	Aug 2	CAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.60	2.70	33	9	10	1	1	4	79			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.435	.05	0.01%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	131	115	Aug 7	CAL		MIN	L,1-7	GS-4	L(7-7)	4	3.1	3	4	4	6	3	0	0	2.79	2.78	18	1	5	0	2	3	35			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
21	132	118	Aug 12(1)	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-5	L(7-8)	4	5.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.88	2.76	25	5	5	0	2	7	43			0	1	0	21	2	0	2	0	0	1	.94	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
22	133	123	Aug 16	CAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(7-9)	3	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.04	2.85	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	-0.834	.00	0.00%	-2.53	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
23	134	126	Aug 20	CAL		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.87	2.87	31	13	9	2	0	5	75			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.57	0.217	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
24	135	130	Aug 25	CAL		WSA	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	7	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.99	2.93	23	5	5	0	1	7	40			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a1
25	136	134	Aug 29	CAL		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(9-9)	3	7.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.91	2.89	27	6	13	0	1	4	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.253	.00	0.00%	1.80	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	137	138	Sep 4	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-4	GS-4	L(9-10)	5	3.1	6	4	2	2	3	0	0	2.96	2.88	18	5	3	0	1	5	37			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-3.19	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d3
27	138	142	Sep 8	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(9-11)	3	8.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.88	2.88	32	12	8	2	1	4	70			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.18	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	139	147	Sep 13(1)	CAL		MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-11)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.88	2.92	24	8	6	1	0	6	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
29	140	151	Sep 17	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS-2	L(10-12)	3	1.0	4	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.11	2.97	10	0	3	0	2	4	22			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start a 3	2b 12- 0 out tie
30	141	155	Sep 22	CAL		KCR	L,3-10	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.04	2.96	27	5	9	2	2	4	66			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.223	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
31	142	159	Sep 26	CAL		CHW	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.0	3	3	3	5	6	1	0	3.08	3.02	25	4	7	0	3	3	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.44	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
32	143	162	Sep 30	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-12)	3	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.02	2.98	30	7	10	2	1	6	64			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.17	0.290	.00	0.00%	2.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
							13-19		W-L:11-12,BSv:1	3.8	208.1	160	74	70	87	156	12	2	3.02	2.98	852	0.77		4%	12%	156	59	0	---%	6	9	0	750	31	0	6	14	3	7	1.07	0.518	.41	0.02%	12.89

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