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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 27	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
8	8	Apr 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15 (6)	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	16	May 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	17	May 13	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	18	May 14	PHI		STL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
13	19	May 15	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	20	May 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-7	CG	52	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
15	21	May 18	PHI		CIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	22	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	23	May 20	PHI		PIT	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
18	24	May 23	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	2	5	0	7	0
19	25	May 26	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	26	May 27	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	27	May 28	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
22	28	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	29	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	30	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	44	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	31	Jun 1	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
26	32	Jun 2 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	33	Jun 2 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
28	34	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	35	Jun 5	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	36	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	37	Jun 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	38	Jun 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	39	Jun 9 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	40	Jun 9 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	41	Jun 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	42	Jun 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
37	45 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	46	Jun 16 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
39	47	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	48	Jun 18	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	49	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 21	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	51	Jun 22	PHI		CHC	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	52	Jun 23 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
45	53	Jun 23 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
46	54	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
47	55	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
48	56	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	57	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
50	58	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
51	59	Jun 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	9	0	10	0
52	60	Jun 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	61	Jul 1	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	62	Jul 2	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	63	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	65	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	66	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-15	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	67	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	68	Jul 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
61	69	Jul 7 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	70	Jul 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	71	Jul 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	72	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	73	Jul 14 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	74	Jul 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	75	Jul 17	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	76	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	77	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	78	Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	79	Jul 21 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	89 (9)	Aug 2	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	90	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	91	Aug 4 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
75	92	Aug 4 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
76	93	Aug 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
77	94	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-12	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	95	Aug 7	PHI		BSN	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
79	96	Aug 8	PHI		BSN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	97	Aug 10	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
81	98	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	99	Aug 11 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	100	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	101	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
86	103	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
87	104	Aug 18 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	105	Aug 18 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
89	106	Aug 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
90	107	Aug 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	108	Aug 22	PHI	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
92	109	Aug 23	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	110	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	111	Aug 25 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	3	4	1	8	0
95	112	Aug 25 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	113	Aug 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
97	114	Aug 26 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	115	Aug 28 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
99	116	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	117	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	118	Aug 31	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	119	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	120	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-10	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	121	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
105	122	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	123	Sep 4	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	124	Sep 5	PHI		BRO	L,5-8	CG	48	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
108	125	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	126	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,3-14	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	127	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	5	2	1	8	0
111	128	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	129	Sep 8 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
113	130	Sep 8 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	131	Sep 10 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
115	132	Sep 10 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
116	133	Sep 11	PHI		PIT	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
117	134	Sep 12	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
118	135	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	136	Sep 14	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	137	Sep 15 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	138	Sep 15 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	139	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
123	140	Sep 16 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-7	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
124	141	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	142	Sep 18	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	49	13.0	1	3	0	4	1
126	143	Sep 19	PHI		CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	144	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
128	145	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
129	146	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	147	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	148	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-8	GS	31	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	149	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
133	150	Sep 26 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
134	151	Sep 27	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	152	Sep 28	PHI		BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	153	Sep 29	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
							136gm		1193.0	140	303	22	465	13