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+

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	4 (2)	Apr 11	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	6 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
5	10 (1)	Apr 22	DET		TEX	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
6	11	Apr 23 (1)	DET		TEX	W,9-6	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
7	12	Apr 23 (2)	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	14 (1)	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	16 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	23	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	PH C
10	17	Apr 29	DET	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	18	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	22 (3)	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
13	23	May 7	DET	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
14	25 (1)	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	GF	21	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
15	26	May 13	DET		OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	27	May 14	DET		OAK	W,15-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	28	May 15	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
18	31 (2)	May 18	DET	@	MIL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	32	May 19	DET		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	33	May 20	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	35 (1)	May 21 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
22	37 (1)	May 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
23	38	May 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	41 (2)	May 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	42	May 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	43	May 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
27	45 (1)	May 30	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	47 (1)	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
29	48	Jun 2	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	49	Jun 3	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	51 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	52	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	54 (1)	Jun 10	DET		KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
34	56 (1)	Jun 12	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
35	59 (2)	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
36	61 (1)	Jun 17	DET	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	62	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
38	66 (3)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
39	67	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
40	69 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
41	70	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	71	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
43	72	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	75 (2)	Jul 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
45	77 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
46	78	Jul 3	DET		TOR	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	80 (1)	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	82 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	TEX	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	83	Jul 8	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	84	Jul 9	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	53	12.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
51	85	Jul 13	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	88 (2)	Jul 16	DET	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	90	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
55	91	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	93 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CAL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
57	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	95	Jul 23 (1)	DET		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
59	97 (1)	Jul 24	DET		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	98	Jul 25	DET		OAK	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	101 (2)	Jul 28	DET		SEA	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
62	103 (1)	Jul 30	DET		SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	105 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	106	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	111 (4)	Aug 9	DET		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
66	114 (2)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
67	115	Aug 14	DET		KCR	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	116	Aug 15	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
69	118 (1)	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	119	Aug 18	DET	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
71	124 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	DET		TOR	L,3-4	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	125	Aug 23 (2)	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	129 (3)	Aug 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	131 (1)	Aug 29	DET		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	133 (1)	Sep 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
76	135 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
77	137 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
78	138	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	139	Sep 6	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
80	141 (1)	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	142	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,4-7	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
82	143	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	144	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
84	145	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
85	146	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
86	150 (3)	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	151	Sep 20	DET		BOS	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	152	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	154 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	157 (2)	Sep 26	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	158	Sep 27	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
92	159	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	160	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	162 (1)	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							94gm		802.2	406	58	10	474	5