Milt May

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 1, 1950 in Gary, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Petersburg HS (St. Petersburg, FL).

High School: St. Petersburg HS (St. Petersburg, FL)

Debut: September 8, 1970 (Age 20-038d, 13,064th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 34-060d)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Milton Scott May

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Osburn; Son of Merrill May

1971 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.4

3693

971

.263

313

RBI

443

OBP

.318

SLG

.371

OPS

.689

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-41 / in Starts: 25-36
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 233 PAs	31
Actual Runners on Base	152 (69-51-32)
Avg. MLBer w/ 233 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (70-48-25)

Most Driven In
Self	7
J Orta	4
C Washington	4
R Torres	3
L Johnson	2
C Lemon	2
S Kemp	2
G Pryor	2

Most Driven In By
Self	7
R Garr	3
J Morrison	2
M Squires	2
D Kessinger	2
K Bell	1
R Torres	1
J Moore	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 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	677	4 (3)	Apr 13	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.14	-0.114	1.38	-0.08%	-0.66	C
2	678	5	Apr 14	DET	@	TEX	L,5-7	5-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	6	1.57	-0.027	1.71	-0.02%	-0.13	PH C
3	679	6	Apr 15	DET	@	TEX	W,11-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	6	.57	0.026	.56	0.02%	0.09	C
4	680	7	Apr 16	DET		KCR	W,10-4	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	6	.90	0.032	.93	0.02%	0.73	C
5	681	8	Apr 17	DET		KCR	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.500	.864	4	1.62	0.151	1.88	0.11%	1.82	C
6	682	12 (3)	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	9	.17	-0.004	.26	0.00%	-0.24	PH
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox
7	683	47	May 29	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	8	.61	0.041	.62	0.03%	0.73	C
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
8	684	49 (1)	Jun 1	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	9	1.34	-0.066	1.26	-0.04%	-0.54	C
9	685	50	Jun 2	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.600	1.009	8	.29	0.124	.26	0.07%	2.33	C
10	686	51	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968	8	1.59	0.068	1.53	0.04%	0.75	C
11	687	52	Jun 4	CHW		MIL	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.538	.896	9	.93	-0.048	.82	-0.03%	-0.62	C
12	688	53	Jun 5	CHW		MIL	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.367	.571	.938	8	1.65	0.087	1.36	0.04%	0.55	C
13	689	54	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.382	.656	1.039	8	.31	0.061	.21	0.02%	1.51	C
14	690	55	Jun 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.583	.925	8	.78	-0.066	.64	-0.03%	-0.91	C
15	691	56	Jun 9	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.553	.878	8	.50	-0.026	.37	-0.01%	-0.22	C
16	692	57	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,13-3	GS-8	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.349	.625	.974	8	.84	0.149	.76	0.08%	1.20	C
17	693	58	Jun 11	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.595	.929	8	.53	-0.027	.57	-0.02%	-0.28	C
18	694	59	Jun 12	CHW		BAL	W,12-4	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.600	.947	8	.29	0.030	.26	0.02%	1.45	C
19	695	60	Jun 13	CHW		BAL	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.551	.884	8	1.04	-0.121	1.07	-0.08%	-0.60	C
20	696	61	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.310	.509	.820	8	.30	-0.031	.28	-0.02%	-0.85	C
21	697	63 (1)	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.290	.474	.764	8	.58	-0.064	.46	-0.03%	-1.46	C
22	698	64	Jun 18	CHW		SEA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.288	.459	.747	8	1.66	-0.120	1.51	-0.07%	-0.76	C
23	699	66 (1)	Jun 20	CHW		SEA	L,3-5	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.314	.460	.775	8	1.34	0.113	1.03	0.05%	0.67	C
24	700	67	Jun 21	CHW		SEA	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.324	.507	.832	8	.27	0.014	.17	0.01%	0.53	C
25	701	69 (1)	Jun 23	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.500	.833	7	.96	0.080	.73	0.04%	1.16	C
26	702	70	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.333	.493	.826	8	1.45	0.025	.77	0.01%	0.51	C
27	703	72 (1)	Jun 26	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.329	.474	.803	8	1.41	-0.093	.52	-0.02%	-0.47	C
28	704	73	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.330	.468	.798	8	1.04	-0.004	.33	0.00%	-0.11	C
29	705	75 (1)	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.319	.451	.770	9	.94	-0.084	.30	-0.02%	-1.14	C
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
30	706	77 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.305	.430	.735	7	1.41	-0.146	.27	-0.02%	-0.93	C
31	707	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.306	.427	.733	9	.75	-0.022	.09	0.00%	0.08	C
32	708	83 (4)	Jul 8	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.317	.435	.752	8	.52	0.035	.08	0.00%	0.45	C
33	709	84	Jul 9	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.314	.427	.741	8	.98	-0.071	.20	-0.01%	-1.08	C
34	710	85	Jul 10	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.314	.427	.741	4						C
35	711	86	Jul 11	CHW		TEX	W,5-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.311	.423	.734	9	.14	-0.004	.04	0.00%	-0.11	C
36	712	89 (2)	Jul 13	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.312	.450	.762	9	1.50	0.025	.27	0.00%	0.58	C
37	713	90	Jul 14	CHW		DET	W,12-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.307	.433	.740	7	.77	-0.034	.08	0.00%	-0.73	C
38	714	91	Jul 15	CHW		DET	L,5-14	CG	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.331	.463	.793	8	.27	0.062	.03	0.00%	3.47	C
39	715	92	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.336	.491	.827	8	.59	0.033	.05	0.00%	0.86	C
40	716	93	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.341	.487	.828	8	.80	0.037	.12	0.00%	0.43	C
41	717	95 (1)	Jul 21	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.338	.479	.817	8	1.56	-0.090	.31	-0.01%	-0.37	C
42	718	96	Jul 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.471	.804	8	5.27	-0.306	.75	-0.03%	-1.34	PH C
43	719	97	Jul 23	CHW	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.336	.464	.800	8	.70	-0.018	.08	0.00%	1.04	C
44	720	98	Jul 24	CHW		KCR	L,6-11	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.336	.461	.797	8	1.12	0.033	.18	0.00%	0.13	C
45	721	102 (3)	Jul 28	CHW		CLE	L,5-10	GS-8	3	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.350	.504	.853	8	.73	0.173	.07	0.01%	1.35	C
46	722	103	Jul 29	CHW		CLE	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.340	.489	.829	8	.78	-0.064	.07	0.00%	-0.74	C
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
47	723	106 (2)	Aug 1	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.338	.478	.816	7	.39	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.79	C
48	724	109 (2)	Aug 5	CHW	@	TOR	W,5-4	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.348	.482	.831	8	.68	0.073	.02	0.00%	1.02	C
49	725	111 (1)	Aug 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.342	.472	.814	8	.47	-0.035	.03	0.00%	-0.52	C
50	726	112	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.340	.466	.806	8	.50	-0.022	.01	0.00%	-0.34	C
51	727	113	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		TOR	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.333	.457	.790	8	.34	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
52	728	115 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		TOR	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.337	.471	.808	8	.22	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
53	729	116	Aug 12 (2)	CHW		TOR	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.335	.468	.803	8	3.51	-0.079	.09	0.00%	-0.37	C
54	730	117	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.463	.796	8	.71	0.099	.01	0.00%	1.05	C
55	731	118	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.335	.467	.802	8	1.35	0.084	.03	0.00%	0.50	C
56	732	119	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.330	.458	.788	8	1.51	-0.231	.02	0.00%	-1.53	C
57	733	121 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.448	.770	8	1.15	0.152	.02	0.00%	0.51	C
58	734	122	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG(6)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.324	.448	.773	8	1.10	0.044	.02	0.00%	0.38	C
59	735	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.323	.449	.772	7	1.36	-0.189	.01	0.00%	-1.48	C
60	736	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.316	.440	.756	8	.95	-0.101	.01	0.00%	-0.76	C
61	737	125	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.310	.430	.740	6	1.46	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
62	738	127 (1)	Aug 22	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.314	.432	.745	8	1.23	-0.051	.01	0.00%	-0.35	C
63	739	129 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.317	.435	.753	6	1.14	0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
64	740	130	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.314	.431	.745	8	1.21	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
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
65	741	134 (3)	Sep 1	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.311	.426	.738	7	1.28	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
66	742	136 (1)	Sep 3	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256	.310	.422	.732	7	1.42	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
67	743	137	Sep 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,10-7	6-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.312	.423	.735	8	1.89	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.91	PH C
68	744	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	CAL	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.314	.434	.748	7	1.03	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
69	745	139	Sep 6	CHW	@	CAL	L,9-10	GS-6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.308	.426	.734	6	2.27	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.75	C
70	746	140	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.307	.424	.731	8	2.31	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
71	747	141	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.307	.423	.730	6	1.07	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
							30-41		233	213	24	54	15	0	7	31	15	2	28	2	2	1	0	4	0	0	.254	.307	.423	.730		.99	-0.930	.33	0.04%	2.29

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