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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	9 (7)	Apr 19	TEX	@	SEA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH RF
3	10	Apr 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	12 (1)	Apr 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
5	13	Apr 23	TEX		MIN	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
6	14	Apr 24	TEX		MIN	L,6-12	GS	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	15	Apr 26	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	20 (4)	May 3	TEX	@	DET	W,13-0	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
9	22 (1)	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,5-6	GF	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
10	26 (3)	May 11	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	GF	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
11	27	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	28	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
13	34 (5)	May 21	TEX		TOR	L,6-9	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
14	36 (1)	May 25 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	37	May 25 (2)	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	38	May 27	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	40 (1)	May 29	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
18	41	May 30 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
19	42	May 30 (2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	43	Jun 1	TEX		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	RF
21	44	Jun 2	TEX		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	46 (1)	Jun 4	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	47	Jun 5	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
24	48	Jun 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
25	49	Jun 7	TEX		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
26	52 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	34	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	53	Jun 12 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	54	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	55	Jun 14	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	56	Jun 15	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	57	Jun 17 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	58	Jun 17 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,8-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
33	59	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	L,1-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
34	60	Jun 19	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	67 (6)	Jun 26 (1)	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	72 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	74 (1)	Jul 2	TEX	@	TOR	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	75	Jul 3 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	76	Jul 3 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	77	Jul 4	TEX		KCR	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
41	78	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	79	Jul 6	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	80	Jul 7	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	81	Jul 8	TEX		CAL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	82	Jul 9	TEX		CAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	83	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	85 (1)	Jul 13	TEX		BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
48	87 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	TEX		CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	89 (1)	Jul 16	TEX		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
50	90	Jul 17	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	91	Jul 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
52	92	Jul 23	TEX	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	93	Jul 24	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	94	Jul 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	96	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	97	Jul 29	TEX		DET	L,6-13	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	98	Jul 30	TEX		DET	W,6-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	99	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	100	Aug 1	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	101	Aug 2	TEX	@	CHW	W,9-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
62	102	Aug 3	TEX	@	CHW	W,12-10	CG	59	12.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
63	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	104	Aug 5 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
65	106 (1)	Aug 6	TEX	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	107	Aug 7	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	108	Aug 8 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	109	Aug 8 (2)	TEX		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	110	Aug 10	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	111	Aug 11	TEX		KCR	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
71	112	Aug 12	TEX		CHW	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	113	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	114	Aug 14	TEX		CHW	W,12-9	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	115	Aug 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,5-6	GF	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
75	116	Aug 16	TEX	@	MIL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	117	Aug 17	TEX		TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	118	Aug 18	TEX		TOR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
78	119	Aug 19	TEX		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
79	120	Aug 20	TEX		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	122 (1)	Aug 22	TEX		MIL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	124 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	125	Aug 24 (2)	TEX	@	BOS	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
83	126	Aug 25	TEX	@	BOS	L,6-9	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
84	127	Aug 26	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
85	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	130 (1)	Aug 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
87	131	Aug 31	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	133 (1)	Sep 3	TEX		BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
89	134	Sep 4	TEX		BOS	L,4-8	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
90	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
91	137 (1)	Sep 7	TEX	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	138	Sep 9	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	139	Sep 10 (1)	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
94	141 (1)	Sep 11	TEX	@	SEA	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
95	142	Sep 12	TEX		CAL	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
96	143	Sep 13	TEX		CAL	L,7-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
97	144	Sep 14	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	145	Sep 15	TEX		CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
99	146	Sep 16	TEX		MIN	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
100	147	Sep 17	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	GS	65	17.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF CF
101	148	Sep 18 (1)	TEX		MIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	149	Sep 18 (2)	TEX		MIN	W,10-8	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	150	Sep 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
104	152 (1)	Sep 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-1	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
106	156 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4		18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
107	157	Sep 25 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	158	Sep 28	TEX		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	159	Sep 29	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
110	160	Sep 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
111	161	Oct 1	TEX		OAK	W,6-5	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							115gm		802.2	182	7	6	195	2