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, 10,680th in MLB 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 Pinky May

1971 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.4

AB

3693

H

971

HR

BA

.263

R

313

RBI

443

SB

OBP

.318

SLG

.371

OPS

.689

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1968	17	PIT-min	Rk	52	201	166	21	40	4	0	0	23	1	0	30	13	.241	.357	.265	.622		44		1	2	2			PRA · GULF
1969	18	PIT-min	A,WRk	115	465	389	75	113	25	2	11	67	1	1	62	51	.290	.387	.450	.836		175		4	2	8			GST,PIR · WCRS,FLIS
1970	19	PIT-min	AAA	111	441	397	49	111	14	3	21	86	1	0	35	49	.280	.334	.489	.823		194		1	1	7			CLB · IL
1970	19	PIT	NL	5	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	265	3	0	1	0	0	0	/H
1971	20	PIT	NL	49	137	126	15	35	1	0	6	25	0	0	9	16	.278	.321	.429	.750	109	54	6	0	0	2	3	2H
1972	21	PIT	NL	57	151	139	12	39	10	0	0	14	0	0	10	13	.281	.325	.353	.677	95	49	3	0	0	2	2	2H
1973	22	PIT	NL	101	322	283	29	76	8	1	7	31	0	1	34	26	.269	.349	.378	.727	104	107	9	2	1	2	12	2H
1974	23	HOU	NL	127	453	405	47	117	17	4	7	54	0	1	39	33	.289	.349	.402	.751	115	163	9	1	3	5	8	*2H
1975	24	HOU	NL	111	420	386	29	93	15	1	4	52	1	2	26	41	.241	.287	.316	.603	74	122	7	0	4	3	3	2H
1976	25	DET	AL	6	25	25	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.280	.280	.320	.600	74	8	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1977	26	DET	AL	115	438	397	32	99	9	3	12	46	0	0	26	31	.249	.291	.378	.669	78	150	14	0	8	7	2	*2/H
1978	27	DET	AL	105	387	352	24	88	9	0	10	37	0	0	27	26	.250	.305	.361	.666	85	127	13	2	4	2	3	2H
1979	28	TOT	AL	71	233	213	24	54	15	0	7	31	0	0	15	28	.254	.307	.423	.730	95	90	4	2	2	1	2	2/H
1979	28	DET	AL	6	12	11	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	108	5	1	0	0	0	1	/2H
1979	28	CHW	AL	65	221	202	23	51	13	0	7	28	0	0	14	27	.252	.306	.421	.727	95	85	3	2	2	1	1	2/H
1980	29	SFG	NL	111	393	358	27	93	16	2	6	50	0	1	25	40	.260	.305	.366	.671	90	131	13	1	3	6	4	2H
1981	30	SFG	NL	97	354	316	20	98	17	0	2	33	1	4	34	29	.310	.376	.383	.759	118	121	7	0	3	1	10	*2H	MVP-25
1982	31	SFG	NL	114	429	395	29	104	19	0	9	39	0	1	28	38	.263	.311	.380	.691	94	150	4	0	5	1	8	*2H
1983	32	TOT	NL	73	221	198	18	49	6	0	6	20	2	2	22	24	.247	.323	.369	.691	94	73	6	0	1	0	7	2H
1983	32	SFG	NL	66	208	186	18	46	6	0	6	20	2	2	21	23	.247	.324	.376	.700	97	70	6	0	1	0	6	2H
1983	32	PIT	NL	7	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	55	3	0	0	0	0	1	/2H
1984	33	PIT	NL	50	107	96	4	17	3	0	1	8	0	1	10	15	.177	.255	.240	.494	40	23	3	0	1	0	1	2H
15 Yrs				1192	4075	3693	313	971	147	11	77	443	4	13	305	361	.263	.318	.371	.689	93	1371	98	9	35	32	65
162 Game Avg.				162	554	502	43	132	20	1	10	60	1	2	41	49	.263	.318	.371	.689	93	186	13	1	5	4	9
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
PIT (6 yrs)				269	735	660	61	172	23	1	14	80	0	2	64	71	.261	.326	.362	.688	94	239	21	3	2	6	19
SFG (4 yrs)				388	1384	1255	94	341	58	2	23	142	3	8	108	130	.272	.328	.376	.704	99	472	30	1	12	8	28
DET (4 yrs)				232	862	785	59	197	21	3	22	87	0	0	54	59	.251	.298	.369	.667	81	290	28	2	12	9	6
HOU (2 yrs)				238	873	791	76	210	32	5	11	106	1	3	65	74	.265	.319	.360	.679	95	285	16	1	7	8	11
CHW (1 yr)				65	221	202	23	51	13	0	7	28	0	0	14	27	.252	.306	.421	.727	95	85	3	2	2	1	1

NL (11 yrs)				895	2992	2706	231	723	113	8	48	328	4	13	237	275	.267	.325	.368	.693	97	996	67	5	21	22	58
AL (4 yrs)				297	1083	987	82	248	34	3	29	115	0	0	68	86	.251	.299	.380	.679	84	375	31	4	14	10	7

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