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

Buried: Cremated

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

School: Miles College (Fairfield, AL)

Debut: September 1, 1965 (Age 22-162d, 12,386th 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

27.4

7609

2031

354

.267

959

RBI

1244

OBP

.313

SLG

.459

OPS

.772

OPS+

116

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-18 / in Starts: 19-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	72 (31-22-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (31-21-11)

Most Driven In
A Otis	4
Self	3
G Brett	2
J Martin	2
H McRae	1
W Wilson	0
F White	0
C GerÃ³nimo	0

Most Driven In By
J Martin	3
U Washington	3
Self	3
J Wathan	1
O ConcepciÃ³n	1
D Slaught	1

1982 Batting Game Log

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1982 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	2030	6 (5)	Apr 14	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	6	1.20	0.034	1.57	0.03%	0.47	DH
2	2031	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	6	1.18	-0.019	1.48	-0.01%	-0.44	1B
3	2032	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	CLE	W,12-10	GS-8	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825	6	1.45	-0.064	2.07	-0.06%	-1.00	1B
4	2033	12 (3)	Apr 21	KCR	@	DET	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	2.16	-0.055	2.49	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
5	2034	13	Apr 23	KCR		CLE	W,11-6	GS-6	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.467	.500	.467	.967	6	.87	0.140	1.00	0.10%	1.62	1B
6	2035	14	Apr 24	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.389	.429	.389	.817	6	1.20	-0.060	1.42	-0.04%	-0.52	1B
7	2036	15	Apr 25	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	2	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.480	.682	1.162	6	.84	0.214	1.12	0.17%	2.46	1B
8	2037	16	Apr 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-6	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.458	.500	.667	1.167	6	1.22	0.083	1.80	0.07%	0.57	1B
9	2038	19 (2)	Apr 30	KCR		TOR	W,8-7	GS-6	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.481	.516	.778	1.294	7	1.35	0.256	1.77	0.20%	2.41	1B
May		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
10	2039	20	May 1	KCR		TOR	W,8-7	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.419	.457	.677	1.135	7	.73	-0.024	1.03	-0.02%	-0.80	1B
11	2040	21	May 2	KCR		TOR	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.424	.459	.727	1.187	7	1.16	0.063	1.71	0.06%	0.63	1B
12	2041	38 (16)	May 22	KCR		TEX	L,1-3	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.447	.706	1.153	4	5.23	-0.187	6.71	-0.14%	-0.69	PH 1B
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
13	2042	48 (9)	Jun 2	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.405	.632	1.036	7	1.34	-0.088	2.82	-0.11%	-0.97	1B
14	2043	49	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.400	.600	1.000	7	.71	0.008	1.24	0.01%	0.02	1B
15	2044	52 (2)	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	W,9-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.341	.404	.585	.990	7	.75	0.015	1.67	0.02%	0.02	1B
16	2045	54 (1)	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS-6	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.429	.619	1.048	7	.63	0.065	1.46	0.09%	1.01	1B
17	2046	57 (2)	Jun 13	KCR		SEA	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.423	.600	1.023	7	.72	0.034	1.92	0.06%	0.18	1B
18	2047	71 (13)	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	L,4-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.415	.587	1.002	6	.49	-0.014	1.12	-0.02%	-0.36	PH
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
19	2048	77 (5)	Jul 5 (1)	KCR		BOS	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.426	.587	1.013	7	4.11	-0.011	11.18	-0.02%	0.17	PH 1B
20	2049	78	Jul 5 (2)	KCR		BOS	W,4-3	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.429	.583	1.012	7	.89	-0.014	2.36	-0.02%	-0.10	1B
21	2050	82 (3)	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIL	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.421	.571	.992	1	1.42	-0.035	4.04	-0.06%	-0.43	PH
22	2051	87 (4)	Jul 17	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.549	.966	7	1.05	-0.002	2.41	0.00%	-0.09	1B
23	2052	88	Jul 18	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-0	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.426	.558	.984	7	.40	0.012	.93	0.02%	0.13	1B
24	2053	94 (5)	Jul 25	KCR		MIL	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.444	.574	1.019	6	.77	0.075	1.94	0.11%	0.83	1B
25	2054	96 (1)	Jul 27	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.373	.441	.610	1.051	6	.90	0.148	2.59	0.26%	1.04	1B
26	2055	99 (2)	Jul 30	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.373	.435	.610	1.045	5	.96	0.025	2.67	0.04%	0.16	PH
27	2056	100	Jul 31	KCR		BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.411	.571	.982	6	.59	-0.061	1.67	-0.10%	-0.86	1B
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
28	2057	101	Aug 1	KCR		BAL	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.419	.578	.997	6	3.73	0.178	11.10	0.32%	0.86	PH
29	2058	102	Aug 2	KCR		DET	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.413	.569	.983	6	4.96	-0.137	15.00	-0.25%	-0.50	PH 1B
30	2059	107 (4)	Aug 6 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.405	.544	.949	6	.40	-0.017	1.28	-0.03%	-0.45	1B
31	2060	109 (1)	Aug 8	KCR	@	BAL	L,6-10	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.390	.521	.911	6	1.13	-0.089	3.70	-0.18%	-1.00	1B
32	2061	117 (7)	Aug 16 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.388	.527	.915	7	1.03	0.037	3.60	0.08%	0.17	1B
33	2062	121 (3)	Aug 20	KCR		CHW	W,13-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.384	.520	.904	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
34	2063	123 (1)	Aug 22	KCR		CHW	L,3-12	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.391	.520	.911	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
35	2064	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.398	.520	.918	9	2.16	0.075	7.96	0.17%	0.38	PH
36	2065	128 (3)	Aug 27	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.402	.519	.921	6	.56	0.057	2.39	0.15%	0.19	1B
Sept		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	2066	138 (9)	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.398	.513	.910	7	2.90	-0.067	12.04	-0.17%	-0.59	PH
38	2067	145 (6)	Sep 15	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.394	.506	.900	5	2.26	-0.058	10.32	-0.16%	-0.24	PH 1B
39	2068	148 (2)	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-11	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.392	.500	.892	6	.27	-0.015	1.18	-0.04%	-0.02	1B
40	2069	149	Sep 19	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-9	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.396	.488	.884	6	.46	0.013	2.30	0.04%	0.41	1B
41	2070	150	Sep 20	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.400	.517	.917	7	1.91	0.026	20.90	0.17%	0.84	1B
42	2071	153 (2)	Sep 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-4	GS-2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.393	.505	.898	6	.95	-0.051	4.40	-0.14%	-0.83	1B
							24-18		107	91	12	28	5	2	3	12	14	1	18	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	.308	.393	.505	.898		1.11	0.490	3.20	0.53%	4.54

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