Lee Maye

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: December 11, 1934 in Tuscaloosa, AL us

Died: July 17, 2002 in Riverside, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Jefferson HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 17, 1959 (Age 24-218d, 9,262nd in MLB history)
vs. STL 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 29, 1971 (Age 36-200d)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Arthur Lee Maye

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.7

AB

4048

H

1109

HR

BA

.274

R

533

RBI

419

SB

OBP

.323

SLG

.410

OPS

.733

OPS+

108

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1955	20	MLN-min	B,C	45	158	149	13	39	11	1	4	10	3		8	13	.262	.299	.430	.729		64		0	1	0			EVN,BOI,EAU · IIIL,PION,NORL
1956	21	MLN-min	B	119	482	482		159	16	7	24						.330	.330	.541	.871		261							EVN · IIIL
1957	22	MLN-min	A	152	613	549	76	145	16	11	23	78	24		59	123	.264	.337	.459	.796		252		2	2	1	6		JCK · SALL
1958	23	MLN-min	AA,AAA	138	517	471	65	149	29	11	16	81	5	4	35	72	.316	.366	.527	.893		248		5	1	5	0		AUS,WCH · TL,AA
1959	24	MLN-min	AAA	94	396	348	64	118	23	9	17	79	3		37	52	.339	.398	.603	1.002		210		2	2	7	10		LOU · AA
1959	24	MLN	NL	51	150	140	17	42	5	1	4	16	2	2	7	26	.300	.338	.436	.774	113	61	2	1	2	0	2	79H
1960	25	MLN-min	AAA	72	314	288	43	97	18	9	9	52	5		15	43	.337	.369	.556	.924		160		3	2	6	1		LOU · AA
1960	25	MLN	NL	41	92	83	14	25	6	0	0	2	5	0	7	21	.301	.359	.373	.732	109	31	1	1	0	1	2	H7/9
1961	26	MLN	NL	110	417	373	68	101	11	5	14	41	10	1	36	50	.271	.337	.440	.777	112	164	1	3	2	3	2	97H
1962	27	MLN	NL	99	378	349	40	85	10	0	10	41	9	3	25	58	.244	.294	.358	.652	77	125	2	1	0	3	2	87/H9
1963	28	MLN	NL	124	487	442	67	120	22	7	11	34	14	2	36	52	.271	.329	.428	.756	117	189	6	3	3	3	2	*78H/9
1964	29	MLN	NL	153	627	588	96	179	44	5	10	74	5	10	34	54	.304	.346	.447	.793	121	263	10	4	0	1	3	*87H/5
1965	30	TOT	NL	123	497	468	46	120	19	7	5	43	1	5	22	43	.256	.291	.359	.650	88	168	5	2	2	3	3	*78H/9
1965	30	MLN	NL	15	56	53	8	16	2	0	2	7	0	0	2	6	.302	.339	.453	.792	122	24	0	1	0	0	0	/87H
1965	30	HOU	NL	108	441	415	38	104	17	7	3	36	1	5	20	37	.251	.285	.347	.632	84	144	5	1	2	3	3	78/H9
1966	31	HOU	NL	115	383	358	38	103	12	4	9	36	4	3	20	26	.288	.323	.419	.742	111	150	6	0	2	3	5	7H
1967	32	CLE	AL	115	327	297	43	77	20	4	9	27	3	3	26	47	.259	.321	.444	.765	123	132	2	1	2	0	4	9H78/4
1968	33	CLE	AL	109	316	299	20	84	13	2	4	26	0	0	15	24	.281	.316	.378	.694	111	113	4	1	0	1	0	7H9/3
1969	34	TOT	AL	114	376	346	50	96	14	3	10	41	2	3	28	40	.277	.332	.422	.754	113	146	10	1	0	1	2	97H/8
1969	34	CLE	AL	43	118	108	9	27	5	0	1	15	1	0	8	15	.250	.305	.324	.629	74	35	2	1	0	1	2	7H/9
1969	34	WSA	AL	71	258	238	41	69	9	3	9	26	1	3	20	25	.290	.345	.466	.811	132	111	8	0	0	0	0	9H/78
1970	35	TOT	AL	102	283	261	28	68	12	1	7	31	4	2	21	33	.261	.318	.395	.713	100	103	3	1	0	0	1	9H/75
1970	35	WSA	AL	96	277	255	28	67	12	1	7	30	4	2	21	32	.263	.321	.400	.721	103	102	3	1	0	0	1	9H/75
1970	35	CHW	AL	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1971	36	SDP-min	AAA	41	142	135	19	42	14	0	5	18	2	1	6	24	.311	.345	.526	.871		71		1	0	0			HAW · PCL
1971	36	CHW	AL	32	50	44	6	9	2	0	1	7	0	0	5	7	.205	.280	.318	.598	68	14	2	0	0	1	1	H/97
1972	37	SDP-min	AAA	93	306	277	29	79	14	4	10	45	2	2	27	47	.285	.350	.473	.823		131		1	0	1			HAW · PCL
13 Yrs				1288	4383	4048	533	1109	190	39	94	419	59	34	282	481	.274	.323	.410	.733	108	1659	54	19	13	20	29
162 Game Avg.				162	551	509	67	139	24	5	12	53	7	4	35	60	.274	.323	.410	.733	108	209	7	2	2	3	4
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
MLN (7 yrs)				593	2207	2028	310	568	100	18	51	215	45	18	147	267	.280	.331	.423	.754	110	857	22	14	7	11	13
CLE (3 yrs)				267	761	704	72	188	38	6	14	68	4	3	49	86	.267	.317	.398	.714	110	280	8	3	2	2	6
WSA (2 yrs)				167	535	493	69	136	21	4	16	56	5	5	41	57	.276	.333	.432	.765	117	213	11	1	0	0	1
HOU (2 yrs)				223	824	773	76	207	29	11	12	72	5	8	40	63	.268	.302	.380	.683	97	294	11	1	4	6	8
CHW (2 yrs)				38	56	50	6	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	5	8	.200	.268	.300	.568	59	15	2	0	0	1	1

NL (8 yrs)				816	3031	2801	386	775	129	29	63	287	50	26	187	330	.277	.324	.411	.734	106	1151	33	15	11	17	21
AL (5 yrs)				472	1352	1247	147	334	61	10	31	132	9	8	95	151	.268	.321	.407	.728	111	508	21	4	2	3	8

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