Dave May

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 186lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: December 23, 1943 in New Castle, DE us

Died: October 20, 2012 in Bear, DE

Buried: Cremated

High School: William Penn HS (New Castle, DE)

Debut: July 28, 1967 (Age 23-217d, 12,599th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 34-282d)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: David LaFrance May

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Relatives: Father of Derrick May

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.5

3670

920

.251

462

RBI

422

OBP

.318

SLG

.376

OPS

.694

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-24 / in Starts: 10-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	66 (31-24-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (28-19-10)

Most Driven In
P Molitor	2
G Thomas	2
Self	2
C Moore	1
L Hisle	1
B Oglivie	1
S Lezcano	1
D Money	1

Most Driven In By
L Hisle	2
Self	2
C Cooper	1
P Molitor	1
B Oglivie	1
R Yount	1
S Brye	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1209	37 (36)	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	6	1.67	-0.019	1.06	-0.01%	-0.26	DH
2	1210	39 (1)	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	6	.44	-0.023	.34	-0.01%	-0.48	CF
3	1211	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	6	.61	0.112	.47	0.05%	1.34	DH
4	1212	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	7	.95	-0.079	.67	-0.03%	-1.09	CF
5	1213	42	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-3	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
6	1214	43	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	7	.48	-0.035	.36	-0.02%	-0.40	CF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1215	47 (3)	Jun 2	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	7						PR
8	1216	56 (8)	Jun 11 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.263	.294	.557	3	1.36	-0.090	.95	-0.04%	-0.56	RF
9	1217	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.318	.568	3	1.26	0.074	1.06	0.04%	0.01	LF
10	1218	59 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.308	.584	3	1.31	-0.008	1.15	0.00%	0.27	LF
11	1219	61 (1)	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	3.87	0.229	3.64	0.13%	0.76	PH
12	1220	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	7						PH
13	1221	64 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	3	1.07	-0.094	.98	-0.05%	-1.13	CF
14	1222	68 (3)	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.300	.594	9	.85	0.044	.74	0.02%	0.38	PH
15	1223	70 (1)	Jun 25	MIL		SEA	L,8-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.206	.308	.294	.602	3	1.53	0.014	1.10	0.01%	0.96	CF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1224	77 (6)	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.378	.688	3	1.16	0.026	1.56	0.02%	0.30	DH
17	1225	79 (1)	Jul 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.302	.368	.671	3	.07	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.22	PH
18	1226	80	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.277	.333	.610	6	1.10	-0.137	.98	-0.07%	-1.04	DH
19	1227	85 (4)	Jul 14	MIL		KCR	L,2-9	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.333	.625	9	1.83	0.042	1.96	0.03%	0.20	PH
20	1228	87 (1)	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.294	.318	.612	6	.34	0.000	.36	0.00%	-0.44	RF
21	1229	94 (6)	Jul 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,17-8	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.302	.326	.628	3	.51	0.010	.77	0.01%	0.17	DH
22	1230	95	Jul 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.296	.319	.615	9	.04	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.10	PH
23	1231	96	Jul 25	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.291	.313	.603	9	4.22	-0.106	7.00	-0.11%	-0.75	PH
24	1232	99 (2)	Jul 28	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.304	.313	.616	9	2.28	0.082	4.19	0.09%	0.38	PH
25	1233	100	Jul 29	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.295	.358	.654	3	1.06	-0.018	1.96	-0.02%	0.43	LF
26	1234	102 (1)	Jul 31 susp	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.306	.370	.677	6	2.78	0.115	6.08	0.15%	0.37	PH RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1235	107 (4)	Aug 6	MIL		BOS	L,0-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.302	.364	.665	9	.55	-0.014	1.33	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
28	1236	109 (1)	Aug 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.362	.686	3	.66	-0.009	.56	0.00%	0.01	RF
29	1237	111 (1)	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.319	.356	.675	6	.05	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.33	PH
30	1238	112	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.301	.333	.635	2	.77	-0.102	1.00	-0.08%	-1.00	RF
31	1239	115 (2)	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.301	.333	.635	5						CF
32	1240	121 (5)	Aug 19	MIL		DET	L,4-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.311	.333	.644	9	1.75	0.089	.80	0.02%	0.38	PH
33	1241	124 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.320	.344	.664	9	2.49	0.091	1.21	0.03%	0.38	PH
34	1242	127 (2)	Aug 25	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.308	.328	.636	8	1.17	-0.086	1.02	-0.05%	-1.01	CF
35	1243	129 (1)	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.316	.353	.669	9	1.20	0.098	.67	0.03%	1.16	PH
36	1244	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.313	.347	.660	7	.66	-0.051	.21	-0.01%	0.03	LF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1245	134 (3)	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.310	.342	.652	9	3.39	-0.094	.88	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
38	1246	137 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.306	.338	.644	9	2.53	-0.062	1.08	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
39	1247	141 (3)	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.295	.325	.620	2	.28	-0.021	.11	-0.01%	-0.64	PH
				Player went from Milwaukee Brewers to Pittsburgh Pirates
40	1248	150	Sep 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-11	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.292	.321	.613	9	1.79	-0.044	8.72	-0.13%	-0.16	PH
41	1249	152 (1)	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.289	.316	.605	9	2.31	-0.059	11.58	-0.18%	-0.23	PH
42	1250	154 (1)	Sep 24	PIT	@	MON	L,0-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.286	.313	.598	9	.85	-0.021	3.30	-0.05%	-0.21	PH
43	1251	160 (5)	Sep 30	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.283	.309	.591	9	2.59	-0.065	58.46	-0.88%	-0.42	PH
44	1252	161	Oct 1	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.185	.290	.309	.599	2	.54	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
							20-24		96	81	9	15	4	0	2	11	10	1	11	2	3	0	1	3	1	0	.185	.290	.309	.599		1.12	-0.195	1.83	-1.17%	-3.34

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