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

High School: A. H. Parker HS (Birmingham, AL)

School: Miles College (Fairfield, AL)

Debut: September 1, 1965 (Age 22-162d, 12,393rd 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

27.3

7609

2031

354

.267

959

RBI

1244

OBP

.313

SLG

.459

OPS

.772

OPS+

116

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	18	CIN-min	D	26	86	77	10	20	2	2	0	9	3		6	23	.260	.337	.338	.675		26		3	0	0	0		TAM · FLOR
1962	19	CIN-min	D	89	377	339	45	88	10	3	10	65	9		22	63	.260	.311	.395	.706		134		7	1	8	1		TAM · FLOR
1963	20	CIN-min	A	144	583	520	79	137	23	4	18	80	11	4	48	96	.263	.330	.427	.757		222		7	2	6			RKM · CARL
1964	21	CIN-min	AA	140	579	515	91	156	22	5	25	110	4	4	50	126	.303	.370	.511	.881		263		8	1	5			MAC · SOUL
1965	22	CIN-min	AAA	143	600	558	83	179	32	7	34	103	7	11	28	84	.321	.355	.586	.941		327		6	0	8			SDG · PCL
1965	22	CIN	NL	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1966	23	CIN-min	AAA	128	521	471	74	146	25	5	16	78	11	4	42	82	.310	.365	.486	.851		229		2	0	6			BFL · IL
1966	23	CIN	NL	25	75	75	14	25	5	1	2	10	0	1	0	14	.333	.333	.507	.840	121	38	1	0	0	0	0	3/H
1967	24	CIN	NL	127	472	438	54	116	29	2	12	57	4	8	19	80	.265	.308	.422	.730	98	185	10	10	1	4	3	379/H
1968	25	CIN	NL	146	602	559	78	162	32	1	22	80	4	7	34	100	.290	.337	.469	.805	135	262	20	6	2	1	11	*397/H
1969	26	CIN	NL	158	665	607	85	169	32	3	38	110	5	4	45	142	.278	.331	.529	.860	133	321	12	6	0	7	8	*3/79H	AS,MVP-30
1970	27	CIN	NL	153	649	605	78	153	34	2	34	94	1	1	38	125	.253	.297	.484	.782	103	293	19	2	0	4	5	*3
1971	28	CIN	NL	147	602	553	85	154	17	3	39	98	3	0	42	135	.278	.332	.532	.864	147	294	13	4	0	3	2	*3/H	AS,MVP-12
1972	29	HOU	NL	148	647	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	3	1	52	*145*	.284	.343	.490	.833	137	290	13	2	0	1	12	*3/H	AS,MVP-9
1973	30	HOU	NL	148	590	545	65	147	24	3	28	105	1	1	34	122	.270	.310	.479	.789	117	261	13	2	0	9	10	*3/H	MVP-19
1974	31	HOU	NL	152	590	556	59	149	26	0	24	85	1	0	17	97	.268	.294	.444	.738	110	247	12	7	1	9	2	*3/H
1975	32	BAL	AL	146	626	580	67	152	28	3	20	99	1	2	36	91	.262	.308	.424	.732	111	246	26	5	0	5	8	*3/DH	MVP-28
1976	33	BAL	AL	148	583	530	61	137	17	4	25	109	4	1	41	104	.258	.312	.447	.759	127	237	11	3	2	7	8	3D/H	MVP-9
1977	34	BAL	AL	150	629	585	75	148	16	2	27	99	2	2	38	119	.253	.296	.426	.722	100	249	20	0	1	5	5	*3D/H
1978	35	BAL	AL	148	590	556	56	137	16	1	25	80	5	2	31	110	.246	.286	.414	.700	101	230	18	1	0	2	5	*D/H3
1979	36	BAL	AL	124	491	456	59	116	15	0	19	69	3	4	28	100	.254	.297	.412	.709	92	188	18	1	2	4	4	*D/H3
1980	37	BAL	AL	78	239	222	20	54	10	2	7	31	2	0	15	53	.243	.289	.401	.690	88	89	11	0	0	2	1	DH/3
1981	38	KCR	AL	26	58	55	3	16	3	0	0	8	0	1	3	14	.291	.328	.345	.673	97	19	2	0	0	0	0	H/3D
1982	39	KCR	AL	42	107	91	12	28	5	2	3	12	0	0	14	18	.308	.393	.505	.898	145	46	0	0	0	2	1	3H/D
18 Yrs				2071	8219	7609	959	2031	340	31	354	1244	39	35	487	1570	.267	.313	.459	.772	116	3495	219	49	9	65	85
162 Game Avg.				162	643	595	75	159	27	2	28	97	3	3	38	123	.267	.313	.459	.772	116	273	17	4	1	5	7
				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
CIN (7 yrs)				761	3069	2841	395	779	149	12	147	449	17	21	178	597	.274	.321	.490	.812	123	1393	75	28	3	19	29
BAL (6 yrs)				794	3158	2929	338	744	102	12	123	487	17	11	189	577	.254	.299	.423	.722	105	1239	104	10	5	25	31
HOU (3 yrs)				448	1827	1693	211	464	81	5	81	288	5	2	103	364	.274	.317	.471	.788	122	798	38	11	1	19	24
KCR (2 yrs)				68	165	146	15	44	8	2	3	20	0	1	17	32	.301	.370	.445	.815	128	65	2	0	0	2	1

NL (10 yrs)				1209	4896	4534	606	1243	230	17	228	737	22	23	281	961	.274	.320	.483	.803	123	2191	113	39	4	38	53
AL (8 yrs)				862	3323	3075	353	788	110	14	126	507	17	12	206	609	.256	.303	.424	.727	106	1304	106	10	5	27	32

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