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Carlos
May		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 17, 1948 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 20 MON NL     7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
1969 21 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 8 5 6 6
1970 22 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 8 4 5 5
1971 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 8 4 5 5
1972 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 7 7 9 8 4 5 5
1973 25 MON NL $ 1,805,714   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 9 8 4 5 5
1974 26 TAM AL $ 1,805,714   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 9 8 4 5 4
1975 27 TAM AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8 4 5 5
1976 28 TAM AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8 5 5 5
1977 29 TAM AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6
1978 30 TAM AL $ 2,700,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6
1979 31 LAD NL $ 8,100,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 5 6 6
1980 32 LAD NL $ 8,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5
1981 33 LAD NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 5
1982 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 4 4
1983 35 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,100,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 20 AAA   137 515 41 142 21 2 12 57 7 10 78 70 .276 .371 .394 .765 76.8  
1969 21 MON NL 142 466 59 115 25 3 10 53 7 3 57 88 .247 .331 .378 .709 59.5 10.5
1970 22 MON NL 127 437 57 97 17 2 9 52 7 4 59 93 .222 .315 .332 .646 45.8 5.2
1971 23 MON NL 38 97 11 20 3 0 1 5 0 0 13 24 .206 .313 .268 .581 8.5 0.4
    AAA   30 96 15 33 3 0 5 18 0 1 22 16 .344 .466 .531 .997 23.0  
1972 24 MON NL 94 255 51 73 12 2 8 39 4 2 43 34 .286 .392 .443 .835 44.5 9.5
1973 25 MON NL 103 300 39 68 12 1 6 27 3 2 45 53 .227 .329 .333 .662 33.8 4.1
1974 26 MON NL 63 186 21 55 6 0 6 26 3 1 33 27 .296 .403 .425 .827 33.3 7.2
  TAM AL 37 97 16 29 5 0 4 13 1 0 14 13 .299 .393 .474 .867 17.8 3.5
  TOT   100 283 37 84 11 0 10 39 4 1 47 40 .297 .399 .442 .841 51.0 10.6
1975 27 TAM AL 143 474 67 125 27 5 7 64 10 5 68 85 .264 .357 .386 .743 66.4 11.3
1976 28 TAM AL 137 462 72 131 30 3 9 58 10 9 57 82 .284 .364 .420 .784 68.1 13.8
1977 29 TAM AL 153 523 67 143 29 4 14 77 8 0 66 72 .273 .360 .424 .784 78.6 15.5
1978 30 TAM AL 137 443 83 130 22 4 14 77 6 0 67 50 .293 .380 .456 .836 78.5 17.1
1979 31 LAD NL 131 446 72 122 24 5 12 68 1 0 60 64 .274 .363 .430 .794 66.7 17.1
1980 32 LAD NL 111 329 41 93 16 1 8 39 0 1 38 55 .283 .357 .410 .767 47.9 10.7
1981 33 LAD NL 133 453 61 113 29 3 4 41 1 0 45 86 .249 .320 .353 .673 51.3 12.1
1982 34 NYG NL 16 35 8 9 2 0 3 9 0 1 7 8 .257 .381 .571 .952 6.4 1.1
    AAA   78 87 12 15 5 0 2 10 1 1 21 24 .172 .333 .299 .632 10.6  
1983 35 AAA   71 121 17 41 7 1 1 26 1 2 13 27 .339 .403 .438 .841 19.8  
14 Years Sim 1565 5003 725 1323 259 33 115 648 61 28 672 834 .264 .353 .398 .752 707.1 139.0
4 Years AAA 316 819 85 231 36 3 20 111 9 14 134 137 .282 .385 .407 .791 130.1  
162 Game Average 517 75 136 26 3 11 67 6 2 69 86 .264 .353 .398 .752 73.2  
Career Highs 153 523 83 143 30 5 14 77 10 9 68 93 .297 .399 .571 .952 78.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4343 635 1182 229 26 104 569 52 24 585 670 .272 .361 .409 .769 650.3
vs LH   660 90 141 30 7 11 79 9 4 87 164 .214 .305 .330 .635 71.3
Home 774 2465 353 647 122 16 51 299 29 11 302 404 .262 .346 .387 .733 336.8
Away 791 2538 372 676 137 17 64 349 32 17 370 430 .266 .360 .409 .770 384.8
RISP   1207 0 320 63 7 18 484 0 0 177 208 .265 .356 .374 .730 169.6
Pinch Hitting   194 29 45 5 2 3 23 1 0 30 33 .232 .341 .325 .665 23.6
Close/Late   652 60 168 23 5 13 96 0 0 73 107 .258 .335 .368 .703 82.3
Mar/Apr 266 783 121 197 34 5 23 110 7 3 107 124 .252 .347 .396 .743 110.7
May 271 859 124 240 49 9 22 138 10 5 114 129 .279 .365 .434 .799 135.9
June 268 889 125 235 47 2 19 112 4 5 129 170 .264 .360 .386 .745 127.0
July 244 784 111 200 40 5 14 86 10 4 110 120 .255 .349 .372 .721 106.5
August 250 812 104 186 35 9 12 90 12 2 103 135 .229 .314 .339 .653 93.3
Sep/Oct 266 876 140 265 54 3 25 112 18 9 109 156 .303 .381 .457 .838 148.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 21 MON NL 1B 128 124 1081.7 1193 91 6 130 .995 10.68   3.5
    LF 6 0 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    RF 5 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1970 22 MON NL 1B 1 1 7.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 23 MON NL 1B 17 13 124.3 136 12 0 7 1.000 10.71   0.4
    LF 15 10 92.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.05   0.3
    RF 3 2 21.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.86    
    CF 1 0 5.0 4 0 1 0 .800 7.20    
1972 24 MON NL RF 23 20 184.7 50 3 1 1 .981 2.58   1.2
    1B 20 17 154.7 173 7 2 20 .989 10.47   0.4
    LF 19 17 151.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1973 25 MON NL RF 36 33 277.7 48 2 0 2 1.000 1.62   1.0
    LF 20 18 159.0 34 2 0 1 1.000 2.04    
    1B 18 16 141.0 144 8 0 13 1.000 9.70   0.4
1974 26 MON NL 1B 24 22 203.1 221 17 3 17 .988 10.55   0.7
    LF 14 13 122.6 30 1 1 0 .969 2.28   0.5
    RF 11 8 73.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10   0.0
  TAM AL 1B 14 13 102.9 112 8 1 8 .992 10.50   0.2
    LF 8 8 62.1 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.2
    RF 6 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.0
  TOT   1B 38 35 306.0 333 25 4 25 .989 10.53   0.9
      LF 22 21 184.7 45 1 1 0 .979 2.24   0.7
      RF 17 12 110.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
1975 27 TAM AL 1B 125 121 1041.3 1171 88 10 102 .992 10.88   1.8
    RF 11 4 52.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.3
    LF 9 5 51.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.09    
1976 28 TAM AL 1B 107 102 921.3 1109 77 7 93 .994 11.59   1.5
    RF 16 1 40.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    LF 6 4 35.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03    
1977 29 TAM AL 1B 145 144 1237.0 1444 101 10 133 .994 11.24   2.1
    RF 7 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1978 30 TAM AL LF 100 88 785.0 167 2 1 0 .994 1.94   2.1
    1B 16 16 141.0 156 16 0 17 1.000 10.98   0.2
    RF 13 8 88.7 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.93    
1979 31 LAD NL RF 119 106 967.3 216 5 2 1 .991 2.06   1.2
    1B 5 0 12.7 13 2 0 1 1.000 10.66   0.0
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1980 32 LAD NL RF 90 80 723.7 147 5 1 2 .993 1.89   1.0
    1B 5 0 14.0 24 1 0 3 1.000 16.07   0.0
    SS 2 1 13.0 6 4 0 2 1.000 6.92   0.1
    LF 3 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1981 33 LAD NL RF 118 114 991.3 225 6 1 2 .996 2.10   1.3
    LF 6 0 14.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.07    
    1B 6 0 8.0 10 3 1 0 .929 14.63   0.0
1982 34 NYG NL LF 9 7 70.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.94   0.3
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 632 589 5192.0 5914 433 40 545 .994 11.00   11.2
  RF 461 380 3493.0 753 25 5 9 .994 2.00   6.2
  LF 221 170 1579.4 353 7 3 1 .992 2.05   3.6
  SS 3 1 14.0 6 4 0 2 1.000 6.43   0.1
  CF 1 0 5.0 4 0 1 0 .800 7.20    
Career Totals   1318 1140 10283.3 7030 469 49 557 .994 6.56   21.0
Career Highs   152 144 1253.0 1446 101 10 133 1.000 11.11    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 22 MON NL 7 26 1 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 7 .231 .276 .346 .622
1971 23 MON NL 6 6 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .833 1.167
1972 24 MON NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1973 25 MON NL 12 47 8 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 .234 .327 .340 .668
1974 26 TAM AL 4 9 2 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 .444 .500 .889 1.389
1975 27 TAM AL 9 28 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 7 .214 .343 .286 .629
1977 29 TAM AL 7 27 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .185 .214 .222 .437
1979 31 LAD NL 12 33 3 5 1 0 0 4 1 0 11 7 .152 .356 .182 .537
Career Post-Season Batting 61 178 20 39 9 2 2 23 2 0 28 40 .219 .322 .326 .648
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1978-8-.380
 OPS
1978-10-.836
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Jeffrey Leonard (946)
  4. Ken Henderson (943)
  5. Ron Northey (941)
  6. Doug Rader (937)
  7. Johnny Grubb (937)
  8. Chet Lemon (936)
  9. Ken Singleton (935)
  10. Larry Hisle (935)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Had first career hit on 4/5/1969, off Fergie Jenkins (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1969, off Joe Horlen (BSN)
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,805,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,805,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1974 (Going to MON: LF Mike Phillips. Going to TAM: 1B Carlos May)
9/22/1974: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/10/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $8,100,000 per year
Injured on 5/7/1981 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Released by Los Angeles on 10/29/1981
 
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