Merrill May

Name Note: Name presented as Pinky May in some sources

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN us

Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN

Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-093d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1943 (Age 32-258d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Merrill Glend May

Nicknames: Pinky

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Relatives: Father of Milt May

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

2215

610

.275

210

RBI

215

OBP

.354

SLG

.337

OPS

.691

OPS+

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

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	T,2-2	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	5	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	6	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	8	Apr 27	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	9	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	10	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,12-13	CG	47	8.1	1	5	0	6	1
10	12	May 2	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	13	May 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	14	May 4	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	15	May 5	PHI		PIT	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	16	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	17	May 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
16	18	May 8	PHI		CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	19	May 9	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	20	May 10	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	21	May 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	22	May 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
21	23	May 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	24	May 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	25	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	26	May 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	3	3	0	6	1
25	27	May 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	28	May 21	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	29	May 22	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	30	May 23	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	31	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	32	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
31	33	May 27	PHI		NYG	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
32	34	May 28	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	35	May 29	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	36	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	CG	45	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
35	37	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
37	39	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	40	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
39	41	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	43	Jun 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	44	Jun 8	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
43	45	Jun 10 (1)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
44	46	Jun 10 (2)	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
45	47	Jun 11 (1)	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
46	48	Jun 11 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	49	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
48	50	Jun 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	52	Jun 21	PHI	@	STL	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	53	Jun 22	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	54	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
53	55	Jun 24	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	56	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	57	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-13	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	59	Jul 1	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
58	60	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	62 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	63	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	64	Jul 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
62	65	Jul 7	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
63	66	Jul 8	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	67	Jul 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	68	Jul 9 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
66	69	Jul 13	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	70	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
68	71	Jul 16 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	72	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
70	73	Jul 17	PHI		PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	74	Jul 18	PHI		PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	75	Jul 19	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	76	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,16-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	77	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	78	Jul 22	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	79	Jul 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	48	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
77	80	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
78	84 (3)	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	95 (10)	Aug 8	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
80	96	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
81	97	Aug 10 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
82	98	Aug 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	99	Aug 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
84	100	Aug 13 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	101	Aug 13 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
86	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	103	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	104	Aug 16 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
89	105	Aug 18	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	106	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
91	107	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
92	108	Aug 21	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
93	109	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	110	Aug 23	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
95	111	Aug 24	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	112	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
97	113	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-11	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	114	Aug 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
99	115	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
100	116	Aug 28	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
101	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	118	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	119	Sep 1	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
104	120	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	121	Sep 3 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	122	Sep 3 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	123	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
108	124	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	125	Sep 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	126	Sep 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	127	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
112	128	Sep 8 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	129	Sep 9	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	130	Sep 12	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	131	Sep 13	PHI	@	STL	L,9-10	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
116	132	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
117	133	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	134	Sep 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	135	Sep 15 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
120	136	Sep 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS	33	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
121	137	Sep 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
122	138	Sep 17 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
123	139	Sep 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
124	140	Sep 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
125	141	Sep 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	3	4	0	7	1
126	142	Sep 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
127	143	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,4-22	GS	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	144	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,0-8	GS	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
129	146 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
130	147	Sep 26	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
131	151 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
132	152	Oct 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							132gm		1127.0	153	263	19	435	28