Lee May
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[edit] Biography
Lee May (Lee Andrew May) was born on March 23, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1965 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1967, his rookie year, he hit .265 with 12 home runs and 57 RBI. May played for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that Lee May's best season was 1969, when he slugged 38 home runs, hit for a .278 average and knocked in 110 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CIN | N | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CIN | N | 25 | 75 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .507 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | 127 | 438 | 54 | 116 | 12 | 57 | .265 | .308 | .422 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | 146 | 559 | 78 | 162 | 22 | 80 | .290 | .337 | .469 | 32 | 1 | 34 | 100 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | 158 | 607 | 85 | 169 | 38 | 110 | .278 | .331 | .529 | 32 | 3 | 45 | 142 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 1970 | CIN | N | 153 | 605 | 78 | 153 | 34 | 94 | .253 | .297 | .484 | 34 | 2 | 38 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 1971 | CIN | N | 147 | 553 | 85 | 154 | 39 | 98 | .278 | .332 | .532 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 135 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 1972 | HOU | N | 148 | 592 | 87 | 168 | 29 | 98 | .284 | .343 | .490 | 31 | 2 | 52 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 |
| 1973 | HOU | N | 148 | 545 | 65 | 147 | 28 | 105 | .270 | .310 | .479 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 1974 | HOU | N | 152 | 556 | 59 | 149 | 24 | 85 | .268 | .294 | .444 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | 146 | 580 | 67 | 152 | 20 | 99 | .262 | .308 | .424 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | 148 | 530 | 61 | 137 | 25 | 109 | .258 | .312 | .447 | 17 | 4 | 41 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | 150 | 585 | 75 | 148 | 27 | 99 | .253 | .296 | .426 | 16 | 2 | 38 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | 148 | 556 | 56 | 137 | 25 | 80 | .246 | .286 | .414 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | 124 | 456 | 59 | 116 | 19 | 69 | .254 | .297 | .412 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | 78 | 222 | 20 | 54 | 7 | 31 | .243 | .289 | .401 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 1981 | KC | A | 26 | 55 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | .291 | .328 | .345 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | KC | A | 42 | 91 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 12 | .308 | .393 | .505 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 1209 | 4534 | 606 | 1243 | 228 | 737 | .274 | .320 | .483 | 230 | 17 | 281 | 961 | 39 | 4 | 22 | 53 | 113 | |
| Total | AL | 862 | 3075 | 353 | 788 | 126 | 507 | .256 | .303 | .424 | 110 | 14 | 206 | 609 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 106 | |
| Total | 2071 | 7609 | 959 | 2031 | 354 | 1244 | .267 | .313 | .459 | 340 | 31 | 487 | 1570 | 49 | 9 | 39 | 85 | 219 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | CIN | N | 1B | 16 | 16 | 144 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | OF | 48 | 47 | 386.1 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | LF | 33 | 31 | 261.1 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .965 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | 1B | 80 | 68 | 634.1 | 621 | 43 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1967 | CIN | N | RF | 16 | 16 | 125 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | 1B | 121 | 112 | 1018.2 | 1040 | 70 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .996 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | LF | 11 | 7 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | OF | 34 | 24 | 245.2 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1968 | CIN | N | RF | 23 | 17 | 176.2 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | OF | 7 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | LF | 5 | 3 | 25.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | 1B | 156 | 154 | 1374 | 1387 | 102 | 11 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1969 | CIN | N | RF | 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1970 | CIN | N | 1B | 153 | 153 | 1337 | 1362 | 109 | 10 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1971 | CIN | N | 1B | 143 | 143 | 1191.2 | 1261 | 78 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1972 | HOU | N | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1312.1 | 1318 | 76 | 6 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .996 |
| 1973 | HOU | N | 1B | 144 | 144 | 1239.1 | 1220 | 78 | 9 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1974 | HOU | N | 1B | 144 | 142 | 1186.1 | 1253 | 88 | 8 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | DH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1975 | BAL | A | 1B | 144 | 142 | 1217.1 | 1312 | 106 | 10 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .993 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | 1B | 94 | 93 | 729 | 722 | 62 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .996 |
| 1976 | BAL | A | DH | 52 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | 1B | 110 | 108 | 900.2 | 907 | 56 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .995 |
| 1977 | BAL | A | DH | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | 1B | 4 | 4 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1978 | BAL | A | DH | 140 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | DH | 117 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1979 | BAL | A | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | DH | 61 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1980 | BAL | A | 1B | 7 | 6 | 56.2 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | KC | A | DH | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1981 | KC | A | 1B | 8 | 7 | 58 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1982 | KC | A | 1B | 32 | 27 | 188.1 | 175 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1982 | KC | A | DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | 1B | 1504 | 1467 | 12637.2 | 12885 | 894 | 88 | 1235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .994 | ||
| Total | OF | 89 | 74 | 660 | 144 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .987 | ||
| Total | DH | 417 | 388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | RF | 41 | 33 | 304.1 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | LF | 49 | 41 | 355.2 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (June 1, 1961).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart to Houston Astros in exchange for Joe Morgan, Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister (November 29, 1971).
- Traded by Houston Astros with Jay Schlueter to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Enos Cabell and Rob Andrews (December 3, 1974).
- Granted free agency (October 23, 1980).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 9, 1980).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (November 18, 1982).
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