Lee May

Full Name: Lee Andrew May	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: September 1, 1965
Birthdate: March 23, 1943	Final Game: September 24, 1982
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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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	AVG
1966	CIN	N	1B	16	16	144	132	9	4	15	.972
1967	CIN	N	OF	48	47	386.1	82	3	2	1	.977
1967	CIN	N	LF	33	31	261.1	53	2	2	1	.965
1967	CIN	N	1B	80	68	634.1	621	43	4	49	.994
1967	CIN	N	RF	16	16	125	28	1	0	0	1.000
1968	CIN	N	1B	121	112	1018.2	1040	70	5	86	.996
1968	CIN	N	LF	11	7	69	15	0	0	0	1.000
1968	CIN	N	OF	34	24	245.2	54	3	0	0	1.000
1968	CIN	N	RF	23	17	176.2	38	3	0	0	1.000
1969	CIN	N	OF	7	3	28	8	0	0	0	1.000
1969	CIN	N	LF	5	3	25.1	8	0	0	0	1.000
1969	CIN	N	1B	156	154	1374	1387	102	11	128	.993
1969	CIN	N	RF	2	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	CIN	N	1B	153	153	1337	1362	109	10	143	.993
1971	CIN	N	1B	143	143	1191.2	1261	78	8	118	.994
1972	HOU	N	1B	146	146	1312.1	1318	76	6	133	.996
1973	HOU	N	1B	144	144	1239.1	1220	78	9	112	.993
1974	HOU	N	1B	144	142	1186.1	1253	88	8	116	.994
1975	BAL	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	BAL	A	1B	144	142	1217.1	1312	106	10	138	.993
1976	BAL	A	1B	94	93	729	722	62	3	61	.996
1976	BAL	A	DH	52	51	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	BAL	A	1B	110	108	900.2	907	56	5	101	.995
1977	BAL	A	DH	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	BAL	A	1B	4	4	32	34	2	1	3	.973
1978	BAL	A	DH	140	137	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	BAL	A	DH	117	113	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	BAL	A	1B	2	2	18	21	0	2	2	.913
1980	BAL	A	DH	61	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	BAL	A	1B	7	6	56.2	57	3	0	4	1.000
1981	KC	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	KC	A	1B	8	7	58	63	2	0	8	1.000
1982	KC	A	1B	32	27	188.1	175	10	2	18	.989
1982	KC	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1504	1467	12637.2	12885	894	88	1235	.994
Total			OF	89	74	660	144	6	2	1	.987
Total			DH	417	388	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	41	33	304.1	66	4	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	49	41	355.2	76	2	2	1	.975

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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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