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

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

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	GS	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (11)	May 2 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
6	18 (1)	May 4	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
7	19	May 5	BAL		CHW	W,2-0	GS	26	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
8	20	May 7	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
9	22 (1)	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
10	23	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
11	24	May 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	25	May 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
13	26	May 14	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
14	28 (1)	May 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-0	GS	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
15	29	May 17	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	36 (6)	May 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
17	39 (2)	May 28	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
18	41 (1)	May 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
19	43 (1)	May 31 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	48 (4)	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
21	49	Jun 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
22	50	Jun 8	BAL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
23	52 (1)	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
24	55 (2)	Jun 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
25	56	Jun 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
26	57	Jun 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
27	58	Jun 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
28	59	Jun 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-4	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
29	60	Jun 19	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
30	61	Jun 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
31	62	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
32	63	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	61	15.0	16	3	0	19	0	1B
33	64	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
34	65	Jun 25	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
35	66	Jun 26	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
36	68 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
37	69	Jun 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	4	1	1	6	3	1B
38	70	Jun 29	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
39	71	Jun 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	72	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
41	73	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	74	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	75	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
44	77 (1)	Jul 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
45	80 (2)	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
46	81	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
47	82	Jul 11	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS	19	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
48	83	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
49	84	Jul 16	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
50	85	Jul 17	BAL		CAL	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
51	86	Jul 18	BAL		CAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
52	88 (1)	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
53	89	Jul 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
54	93 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	94	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
56	95	Jul 26	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
57	96	Jul 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
58	97	Jul 28	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
59	98	Jul 29	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
60	99	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
61	100	Jul 31	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	101	Aug 1	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
63	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	103	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
65	104	Aug 4	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
66	111 (6)	Aug 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
67	112	Aug 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
68	118 (5)	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
69	119	Aug 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,10-11	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
70	120	Aug 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS	24	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
71	121	Aug 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
72	122	Aug 23	BAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
73	123	Aug 24	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
74	124	Aug 25	BAL		OAK	W,9-4	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
75	125	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
76	126	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	W,6-4	GS	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
77	127	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	L,0-11	CG	52	9.0	14	0	1	15	2	1B
78	128	Aug 30	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
79	129	Aug 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	130	Sep 1	BAL		KCR	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
81	131	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
82	132	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	135 (2)	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
84	139 (3)	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
85	140	Sep 11 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
86	141	Sep 11 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
87	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
88	143	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
89	145 (1)	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
90	146	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
91	155 (8)	Sep 25	BAL		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
92	158 (2)	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
93	159	Sep 29	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
94	160	Oct 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							94gm		729.0	722	62	3	787	61