Dave
May
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 196
 
Born: December 23, 1943 in Usa, DE, NEW CASTLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
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
1967 23 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1968 24 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6
1969 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6
1970 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1971 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6
1972 28 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1973 29 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1974 30 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5
1975 31 LAD NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 6
1977 33 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5
1978 34 BAL AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5
1979 35 BAL AL     5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7
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
1967 23 AAA   83 336 61 95 17 4 12 39 6 3 40 37 .283 .359 .464 .823 55.3  
    AA   54 214 26 69 8 0 9 24 4 1 22 20 .322 .386 .486 .872 38.7  
1968 24 AA   135 488 67 128 13 1 24 72 6 7 54 67 .262 .336 .441 .776 72.6  
1969 25 LAD NL 58 157 21 31 4 3 1 13 0 1 19 26 .197 .281 .280 .561 13.6 1.1
    AAA   81 318 41 90 12 2 11 32 6 1 30 51 .283 .345 .437 .782 48.1  
1970 26 LAD NL 24 49 3 11 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 17 .224 .250 .327 .577 4.4 0.2
    AAA   51 170 32 46 5 2 6 24 1 0 24 29 .271 .361 .429 .790 27.3  
1971 27 LAD NL 29 68 10 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 6 10 .162 .227 .250 .477 3.7 0.0
    AAA   28 97 14 31 9 0 3 17 0 1 9 15 .320 .377 .505 .883 16.7  
1972 28 AAA   57 125 20 31 8 0 7 22 0 0 22 25 .248 .361 .480 .841 22.3  
    AA   56 202 26 60 16 0 7 29 3 2 34 27 .297 .398 .480 .879 37.9  
1973 29 AA   137 488 68 135 18 1 24 75 6 8 103 76 .277 .403 .465 .868 94.2  
1974 30 AA   90 333 47 107 16 2 14 58 2 1 50 49 .321 .410 .508 .917 66.6  
1975 31 AA   137 509 78 159 16 2 26 89 8 4 81 63 .312 .407 .505 .912 102.6  
1977 33 BAL AL 91 244 32 66 9 1 6 24 7 0 22 40 .270 .331 .389 .720 32.0 7.0
1978 34 BAL AL 121 347 39 84 15 1 12 41 3 3 34 53 .242 .312 .395 .706 39.6 5.7
1979 35 BAL AL 53 166 11 28 3 0 1 11 0 0 22 31 .169 .266 .205 .471 9.0 0.0
    AAA   66 140 25 40 5 1 6 26 1 0 14 22 .286 .351 .464 .815 22.6  
6 Years Sim 376 1031 116 231 36 5 22 98 10 4 105 177 .224 .295 .333 .628 102.2 14.0
6 Years AAA 366 1186 193 333 56 9 45 160 14 5 139 179 .281 .357 .457 .814 192.3  
6 Years AA 609 2234 312 658 87 6 104 347 29 23 344 302 .295 .391 .479 .869 412.7  
12 Years Minors 975 3420 505 991 143 15 149 507 43 28 483 481 .290 .379 .471 .850 604.9  
162 Game Average 444 49 99 15 2 9 42 4 1 45 76 .224 .295 .333 .628 44.0  
Career Highs 121 347 39 84 15 3 12 41 7 3 34 53 .270 .331 .395 .720 39.6  
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   872 99 199 32 5 20 82 7 3 87 145 .228 .298 .345 .643 93.3
vs LH   159 17 32 4 0 2 16 3 1 18 32 .201 .281 .264 .545 12.9
Home 189 526 56 116 17 3 9 49 2 3 62 85 .221 .303 .316 .619 52.9
Away 187 505 60 115 19 2 13 49 8 1 43 92 .228 .287 .350 .637 53.3
RISP   239 0 46 7 0 2 65 0 0 31 43 .192 .281 .247 .528 18.4
Pinch Hitting   54 10 11 2 0 2 9 1 1 9 13 .204 .317 .352 .669 6.6
Close/Late   141 19 40 5 0 4 22 0 0 15 24 .284 .350 .404 .755 20.3
Mar/Apr 66 170 14 28 1 0 2 13 1 1 17 33 .165 .241 .206 .447 8.1
May 56 145 11 32 5 1 2 11 0 0 17 24 .221 .302 .310 .613 14.5
June 45 140 14 29 6 0 2 5 4 1 9 23 .207 .255 .293 .548 10.5
July 65 182 27 48 8 2 4 23 2 0 16 23 .264 .318 .396 .714 23.5
August 74 210 27 56 11 1 5 26 2 1 31 40 .267 .361 .400 .761 31.5
Sep/Oct 69 184 23 38 5 1 7 20 1 1 15 34 .207 .269 .359 .627 18.2
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 25 LAD NL SS 48 43 359.7 55 158 4 31 .982 5.33   2.4
    CF 7 6 55.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.2
    RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 26 LAD NL SS 9 5 48.7 4 19 1 7 .958 4.25   0.2
    CF 6 5 44.0 10 2 1 1 .923 2.45   0.4
    RF 9 3 38.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 3.08    
1971 27 LAD NL SS 27 19 180.0 26 80 0 12 1.000 5.30   1.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 33 BAL AL SS 26 12 135.7 22 57 1 10 .988 5.24   0.8
    CF 16 16 134.0 35 3 1 0 .974 2.55   0.3
    RF 16 11 103.3 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    3B 9 9 82.0 4 19 1 2 .958 2.52   0.1
1978 34 BAL AL SS 16 9 95.0 20 43 1 9 .984 5.97   0.6
    CF 17 1 51.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.92   0.1
    RF 7 4 36.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.00    
    3B 7 0 11.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.0
1979 35 BAL AL SS 53 53 445.3 73 199 4 55 .986 5.50   2.0
    3B 6 0 19.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 179 141 1264.3 200 556 11 124 .986 5.38   7.3
  CF 48 28 287.7 71 5 3 1 .962 2.38   1.0
  RF 34 18 184.3 46 4 0 2 1.000 2.44   0.0
  3B 23 9 116.3 5 27 1 3 .970 2.48   0.2
Career Totals   284 196 1852.6 322 592 15 130 .984 4.44   8.5
Career Highs   67 53 467.3 87 204 4 56 1.000 5.35    
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  6. Craig Reynolds (955)
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  8. Pat Crawford (953)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1967
Had first career hit on 7/5/1969, off Skip Guinn (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/9/1969, off Nolan Ryan (PIT)
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
Injured on 5/25/1971 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/21/1972 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/2/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/22/1974 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 5/20/1975 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Released by Los Angeles on 4/2/1976
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1977 to a minor league deal
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 5/31/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Released by Baltimore on 10/28/1979