Rudy May

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS us

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1965 (Age 20-274d, 12,350th in major league history)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 1 H, 10 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1983 (Age 39-065d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Rudolph May

Nicknames: E.T.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.4

152

156

ERA

3.46

535

360

2622.0

1760

WHIP

1.248

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1963	18	MIN-min	A	11	11	.500	4.29	24	23		6	1		168.0	142	100	80	12	120	1	173	6	0	25				1.560	7.6	0.6	6.4	9.3	1.44	BMA NORL
1964	19	CHW-min	A,AAA	17	8	.680	2.61	30	30		10	4		207.0	146	72	60	10	136	4	235	5	0	11				1.362	6.3	0.4	5.9	10.2	1.73	TID,INA CARL,PCL
1965	20	CAL	AL	4	9	.308	3.92	30	19	3	2	1	0	124.0	111	59	54	7	78	1	76	4	0	9	545	86	4.01	1.524	8.1	0.5	5.7	5.5	0.97

1966	21	CAL-min	AAA,AA	3	1	.750	4.89	9	8		1	0		35.0	40	20	19	5	22	0	16	1	0	0				1.771	10.3	1.3	5.7	4.1	0.73	SLE,ELP PCL,TL
1967	22	CAL-min	A	7	2	.778	3.11	14	12		4	1		84.0	62	33	29	9	40	0	51	1	0	1				1.214	6.6	1.0	4.3	5.5	1.28	SJO CALL
1968	23	CAL-min	AA	8	7	.533	4.47	22	21		6	1		129.0	133	71	64	17	39	3	112	1	0	8				1.333	9.3	1.2	2.7	7.8	2.87	ELP TL
1969	24	CAL	AL	10	13	.435	3.44	43	25	7	4	0	2	180.1	142	81	69	20	66	5	133	3	4	3	722	100	3.62	1.153	7.1	1.0	3.3	6.6	2.02
1970	25	CAL	AL	7	13	.350	4.01	38	34	1	2	2	0	208.2	190	102	93	20	81	7	164	3	2	8	874	90	3.52	1.299	8.2	0.9	3.5	7.1	2.02
1971	26	CAL	AL	11	12	.478	3.02	32	31	1	7	2	0	208.1	160	74	70	12	87	6	156	2	0	0	852	107	2.98	1.186	6.9	0.5	3.8	6.7	1.79
1972	27	CAL	AL	12	11	.522	2.94	35	30	3	10	3	1	205.1	162	79	67	15	82	6	169	0	0	3	849	100	2.90	1.188	7.1	0.7	3.6	7.4	2.06
1973	28	CAL	AL	7	17	.292	4.38	34	28	3	10	4	0	185.0	177	101	90	20	80	9	134	3	3	6	797	81	3.87	1.389	8.6	1.0	3.9	6.5	1.68
1974	29	TOT	AL	8	5	.615	3.18	35	18	5	8	2	2	141.1	104	60	50	7	58	0	102	5	1	6	581	111	3.12	1.146	6.6	0.4	3.7	6.5	1.76
1974	29	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	7.00	18	3	4	0	0	2	27.0	29	24	21	2	10	0	12	1	0	4	122	49	3.87	1.444	9.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.20
1974	29	NYY	AL	8	4	.667	2.28	17	15	1	8	2	0	114.1	75	36	29	5	48	0	90	4	1	2	459	156	2.94	1.076	5.9	0.4	3.8	7.1	1.88
1975	30	NYY	AL	14	12	.538	3.06	32	31	0	13	1	0	212.0	179	87	72	9	99	2	145	2	0	5	894	122	3.20	1.311	7.6	0.4	4.2	6.2	1.46
1976	31	TOT	AL	15	10	.600	3.72	35	32	1	7	2	0	220.1	205	105	91	16	70	5	109	1	0	4	907	90	3.55	1.248	8.4	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.56
1976	31	NYY	AL	4	3	.571	3.57	11	11	0	2	1	0	68.0	49	32	27	5	28	2	38	1	0	3	270	97	3.75	1.132	6.5	0.7	3.7	5.0	1.36
1976	31	BAL	AL	11	7	.611	3.78	24	21	1	5	1	0	152.1	156	73	64	11	42	3	71	0	0	1	637	87	3.47	1.300	9.2	0.6	2.5	4.2	1.69
1977	32	BAL	AL	18	14	.563	3.61	37	37	0	11	4	0	251.2	243	114	101	25	78	2	105	5	0	2	1047	105	4.19	1.275	8.7	0.9	2.8	3.8	1.35
1978	33	MON	NL	8	10	.444	3.88	27	23	1	4	1	0	144.0	141	73	62	15	42	1	87	6	5	1	613	91	3.73	1.271	8.8	0.9	2.6	5.4	2.07
1979	34	MON	NL	10	3	.769	2.31	33	7	8	2	1	0	93.2	88	30	24	4	31	4	67	4	2	1	393	160	2.98	1.270	8.5	0.4	3.0	6.4	2.16
1980	35	NYY	AL	15	5	.750	2.46	41	17	13	3	1	3	175.1	144	56	48	14	39	2	133	0	1	9	690	160	2.94	1.044	7.4	0.7	2.0	6.8	*3.41*
1981	36	NYY	AL	6	11	.353	4.14	27	22	1	4	0	1	147.2	137	71	68	10	41	0	79	2	0	6	610	86	3.28	1.205	8.3	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.93
1982	37	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	2	2	1	4	0	5	0	0	1				1.364	2.5	2.5	9.8	12.3	1.25	CLB IL
1982	37	NYY	AL	6	6	.500	2.89	41	6	22	0	0	3	106.0	109	43	34	4	14	5	85	1	0	2	438	138	2.03	1.160	9.3	0.3	1.2	7.2	6.07
1983	38	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		2.45	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	2				1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00	CLB IL
1983	38	NYY	AL	1	5	.167	6.87	15	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	22	15	14	1	12	1	16	1	0	2	90	58	3.85	1.855	10.8	0.5	5.9	7.9	1.33
16 Yrs				152	156	.494	3.46	535	360	73	87	24	12	2622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	56	1760	42	18	67	10902	102	3.39	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0	1.84
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.494	3.46	41	27	6	7	2	1	199	176	87	77	15	73	4	134	3	1	5	828	102	3.39	1.248	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.0	1.84
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CAL (7 yrs)				51	76	.402	3.67	230	170	22	35	12	5	1138.2	971	520	464	96	484	34	844	16	9	33	4761	91	3.44	1.278	7.7	0.8	3.8	6.7	1.74
NYY (7 yrs)				54	46	.540	3.12	184	102	41	30	5	7	841.2	715	340	292	48	281	12	586	11	2	29	3451	120	3.04	1.183	7.6	0.5	3.0	6.3	2.09
MON (2 yrs)				18	13	.581	3.26	60	30	9	6	2	0	237.2	229	103	86	19	73	5	154	10	7	2	1006	110	3.43	1.271	8.7	0.7	2.8	5.8	2.11
BAL (2 yrs)				29	21	.580	3.68	61	58	1	16	5	0	404.0	399	187	165	36	120	5	176	5	0	3	1684	98	3.91	1.285	8.9	0.8	2.7	3.9	1.47

AL (14 yrs)				134	143	.484	3.48	475	330	64	81	22	12	2384.1	2085	1047	921	180	885	51	1606	32	11	65	9896	101	3.38	1.246	7.9	0.7	3.3	6.1	1.81
NL (2 yrs)				18	13	.581	3.26	60	30	9	6	2	0	237.2	229	103	86	19	73	5	154	10	7	2	1006	110	3.43	1.271	8.7	0.7	2.8	5.8	2.11

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