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Jerry May

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: December 14, 1943 in Staunton, VA us

Died: June 30, 1996 in Swoope, VA

Buried: Union Cemetery, Parnassus, VA

Debut: September 19, 1964 (Age 20-280d, 12,319th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 3, 1973 (Age 29-171d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Jerry Lee May

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.3

1527

357

.234

120

RBI

130

OBP

.307

SLG

.318

OPS

.625

OPS+

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
1961	17	PIT-min	D-	61	265	235	37	77	16	2	11	59	1		25	32	.328	.389	.553	.942		130		1	0	4			KPT · APPY
1962	18	PIT-min	D	104	437	388	70	110	21	1	21	89	2	0	44	67	.284	.359	.505	.864		196		3	0	2			BAT · NYPL
1963	19	PIT-min	AA	123	452	398	45	94	23	2	3	41	0	0	46	64	.236	.316	.327	.643		130		2	3	3			AVL · SALL
1964	20	PIT-min	AA,WRk	133	472	404	40	100	15	0	7	38	0	1	60	74	.248	.348	.337	.685		136		3	4	1			AVL,PIR · SOUL,FECI
1964	20	PIT	NL	11	35	31	1	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.258	.314	.258	.572	65	8	1	0	0	1	0	2
1965	21	PIT-min	AAA	101	333	280	27	72	10	0	4	34	2	1	44	45	.257	.359	.336	.694		94		2	4	3			CLB · IL
1965	21	PIT	NL	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	184	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1966	22	PIT	NL	42	56	52	6	13	4	0	1	2	0	1	2	15	.250	.291	.385	.676	87	20	0	1	1	0	1	2/H
1967	23	PIT	NL	110	365	325	23	88	13	2	3	22	0	0	36	55	.271	.348	.351	.699	101	114	14	3	0	1	19	*2/H
1968	24	PIT	NL	137	467	416	26	91	15	2	1	33	0	0	41	80	.219	.293	.272	.564	72	113	10	3	6	1	12	*2/H
1969	25	PIT	NL	62	205	190	21	44	8	0	7	23	1	1	9	53	.232	.268	.384	.653	83	73	2	2	0	4	0	2H
1970	26	PIT	NL	51	163	139	13	29	4	2	1	16	0	0	21	25	.209	.313	.288	.601	65	40	3	1	0	2	6	2/H
1971	27	KCR	AL	71	249	218	16	55	13	2	1	24	0	0	27	37	.252	.329	.344	.673	93	75	7	0	0	4	8	2/H
1972	28	KCR	AL	53	131	116	10	22	5	1	1	4	0	0	14	13	.190	.277	.276	.553	66	32	4	0	1	0	2	2H
1973	29	PIT-min	AAA	27	94	81	9	18	5	0	2	10	1	1	12	13	.222	.323	.358	.681		29		0	1	0			CHL · IL
1973	29	TOT	MLB	15	43	38	4	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	.158	.256	.237	.493	37	9	1	1	0	0	0	2
1973	29	KCR	AL	11	34	30	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	5	.133	.235	.233	.469	30	7	1	1	0	0	0	2
1973	29	NYM	NL	4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	66	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
10 Yrs				556	1716	1527	120	357	63	10	15	130	1	2	157	293	.234	.307	.318	.625	81	485	42	11	8	13	48
162 Game Avg.				162	500	445	35	104	18	3	4	38	0	1	46	85	.234	.307	.318	.625	81	141	12	3	2	4	14

PIT (7 yrs)				417	1293	1155	90	274	44	6	13	100	1	2	112	237	.237	.308	.319	.627	82	369	30	10	7	9	38
KCR (3 yrs)				135	414	364	30	81	19	4	2	30	0	0	44	55	.223	.305	.313	.618	79	114	12	1	1	4	10
NYM (1 yr)				4	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	66	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				421	1302	1163	90	276	44	6	13	100	1	2	113	238	.237	.308	.319	.627	82	371	30	10	7	9	38
AL (3 yrs)				135	414	364	30	81	19	4	2	30	0	0	44	55	.223	.305	.313	.618	79	114	12	1	1	4	10