Lee May Stats

Lee May was born on Tuesday, March 23, 1943, in Birmingham, Alabama. May was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 1, 1965, with the Cincinnati Reds. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lee May baseball stats page.

"Man, you know I don't care what I'm hitting. Long as I can hit home runs and drive in runs, I can keep playing." - Lee May

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Lee May

Lee May Autograph on a 1983 Topps (#378)

Lee May Autograph on a 1983 Topps (#378)
 

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Birth Name:   Lee Andrew May
Nickname:   None
Born On:   03-23-1943  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Birmingham, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   A.H. Parker High School (Birmingham, AL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   09-01-1965 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-24-1982
Draft:   Not Applicable
Lee May

Lee May Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Lee May

Lee May Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1965 22 Reds 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1966 23 Reds 25 75 14 25 5 1 2 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .507
1967 24 Reds 127 438 54 116 29 2 12 0 57 19 3 80 1 4 10 10 .265 .308 .422
1968 25 Reds 146 559 78 162 32 1 22 0 80 34 11 100 2 1 6 20 .290 .337 .469
1969 26 Reds 158 607 85 169 32 3 38 1 110 45 8 142 0 7 6 12 .278 .331 .529
1970 27 Reds 153 605 78 153 34 2 34 3 94 38 5 125 0 4 2 19 .253 .297 .484
1971 28 Reds 147 553 85 154 17 3 39 0 98 42 2 135 0 3 4 13 .278 .332 .532
1972 29 Astros 148 592 87 168 31 2 29 0 98 52 12 145 0 1 2 13 .284 .343 .490
1973 30 Astros 148 545 65 147 24 3 28 2 105 34 10 122 0 9 2 13 .270 .310 .479
1974 31 Astros 152 556 59 149 26 0 24 0 85 17 2 97 1 9 7 12 .268 .294 .444
1975 32 Orioles 146 580 67 152 28 3 20 0 99 36 8 91 0 5 5 26 .262 .308 .424
1976 33 Orioles 148 530 61 137 17 4 25 1 109 41 8 104 2 7 3 11 .258 .312 .447
1977 34 Orioles 150 585 75 148 16 2 27 2 99 38 5 119 1 5 0 20 .253 .296 .426
1978 35 Orioles 148 556 56 137 16 1 25 0 80 31 5 110 0 2 1 18 .246 .286 .414
1979 36 Orioles 124 456 59 116 15 0 19 2 69 28 4 100 2 4 1 18 .254 .297 .412
1980 37 Orioles 78 222 20 54 10 2 7 0 31 15 1 53 0 2 0 11 .243 .289 .401
1981 38 Royals 26 55 3 16 3 0 0 0 8 3 0 14 0 0 0 2 .291 .328 .345
1982 39 Royals 42 91 12 28 5 2 3 0 12 14 1 18 0 2 0 0 .308 .393 .505
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
18 Years 2,071 7,609 959 2,031 340 31 354 11 1,244 487 85 1,570 9 65 49 219 .267 .313 .459
Lee May

Lee May Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1966 Reds 1B 16 16 432 145 9.1 141 132 9 4 15 n/a n/a n/a .972 8.81
1967 Reds 1B 81 68 1,902 668 8.2 664 621 43 4 49 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.43
1967 Reds LF 33 31 783 57 1.7 55 53 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.90
1967 Reds RF 16 16 375 29 1.8 29 28 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.09
1968 Reds 1B 122 112 3,054 1,115 9.1 1,110 1,040 70 5 86 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.81
1968 Reds LF 11 7 207 15 1.4 15 15 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
1968 Reds RF 23 17 528 41 1.8 41 38 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.10
1969 Reds 1B 156 154 438 1,500 9.6 1,489 1,387 102 11 128 n/a n/a n/a .993 91.79
1969 Reds LF 5 3 75 8 1.6 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.88
1969 Reds RF 2 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1970 Reds 1B 153 153 4,011 1,481 9.7 1,471 1,362 109 10 143 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.90
1971 Reds 1B 143 143 3,573 1,347 9.4 1,339 1,261 78 8 118 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.12
1972 Astros 1B 146 146 3,936 1,400 9.6 1,394 1,318 76 6 133 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.56
1973 Astros 1B 144 144 3,717 1,307 9.1 1,298 1,220 78 9 112 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.43
1974 Astros 1B 145 143 3,558 1,349 9.3 1,341 1,253 88 8 116 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.18
1975 Orioles 1B 144 142 3,651 1,428 9.9 1,418 1,312 106 10 138 n/a n/a n/a .993 10.49
1976 Orioles 1B 94 93 2,187 787 8.4 784 722 62 3 61 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.68
1977 Orioles 1B 110 108 2,700 968 8.8 963 907 56 5 101 n/a n/a n/a .995 9.63
1978 Orioles 1B 4 4 96 37 9.3 36 34 2 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 10.13
1979 Orioles 1B 2 2 54 23 11.5 21 21 0 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .913 10.50
1980 Orioles 1B 7 6 168 60 8.6 60 57 3 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.64
1981 Royals 1B 8 7 174 65 8.1 65 63 2 0 8 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.09
1982 Royals 1B 32 27 564 187 5.8 185 175 10 2 18 n/a n/a n/a .989 8.86
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 1,507 1,468 34,215 13,867 9.2 13,779 12,885 894 88 1,235 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.87
LF Totals 49 41 1,065 80 1.6 78 76 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 1.98
RF Totals 41 33 909 70 1.7 70 66 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
17 Years 2,011 1,542 36,189 14,017 7.0 13,927 13,027 900 90 1,236 n/a n/a n/a .994 10.39
Lee May

Lee May Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1965 Reds 0 0 .000 4 1 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 - - -
1966 Reds 0 1 .000 9 0 n/a 37.5 5.4 7.5 - - -
1967 Reds 4 8 .333 8 0 n/a 36.5 5.5 7.7 - - -
1968 Reds 4 7 .364 4 0 n/a 25.4 5.6 7.0 - - -
1969 Reds 5 4 .556 1 0 n/a 16.0 4.3 5.5 - - -
1970 Reds 1 1 .500 0 0 n/a 17.8 4.8 6.4 - - -
1971 Reds 3 0 1.000 4 0 n/a 14.2 4.1 5.6 - - -
1972 Astros 3 1 .750 2 0 n/a 20.4 4.1 6.0 - - -
1973 Astros 1 1 .500 4 0 n/a 19.5 4.5 5.2 - - -
1974 Astros 1 0 1.000 9 0 n/a 23.2 5.7 6.5 - - -
1975 Orioles 1 2 .333 1 0 2 29.0 6.4 5.9 - - -
1976 Orioles 4 1 .800 4 0 52 21.2 5.1 4.9 - - -
1977 Orioles 2 2 .500 2 0 39 21.7 4.9 5.9 - - -
1978 Orioles 5 2 .714 7 0 140 22.2 5.1 7.0 - - -
1979 Orioles 3 4 .429 9 0 117 24.0 4.6 6.6 - - -
1980 Orioles 2 0 1.000 28 2 58 31.7 4.2 7.2 - - -
1981 Royals 0 1 .000 14 0 4 0.0 3.9 6.9 - - -
1982 Royals 0 0 .000 13 0 2 30.3 5.1 7.6 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
18 Years 39 35 .527 123 3 414 21.5 4.8 6.1 - - -
Lee May

Lee May Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1965 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1966 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1967 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1968 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1969 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined Stats -
1970 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - Stats
1971 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined Stats -
1972 Houston Astros 23 Undetermined Stats -
1973 Houston Astros 23 Undetermined - -
1974 Houston Astros 23 Undetermined - -
1975 Baltimore Orioles 14 $90,000.00 - -
1976 Baltimore Orioles 14 $96,000.00 - -
1977 Baltimore Orioles 14 $140,000.00 - -
1978 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - -
1979 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - Stats
1980 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - -
1981 Kansas City Royals 14 Undetermined - -
1982 Kansas City Royals 14 Undetermined - -


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