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Jerry
May		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 14, 1943 in Usa, VA, STAUNTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 CLN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1965 21 CLN NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1966 22 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 23 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1968 24 COL NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1969 25 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1970 26 COL NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1971 27 COL NL $ 1,208,571   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1972 28 COL NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
1973 29 BOS AL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1974 30 BOS AL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1975 31 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
1976 32 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
1977 33 BOS AL     4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,208,571   5 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 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
1964 20 AA   137 493 47 132 30 3 6 51 5 9 65 88 .268 .353 .377 .730 65.3  
1965 21 AAA   31 89 12 24 5 0 2 6 1 0 13 6 .270 .363 .393 .756 13.3  
    AA   105 395 51 102 17 1 3 32 2 5 59 61 .258 .355 .329 .684 48.8  
1966 22 AAA   136 493 58 113 36 0 6 54 5 4 64 78 .229 .318 .339 .657 55.0  
1967 23 COL NL 53 137 13 39 7 0 1 17 0 0 21 25 .285 .373 .358 .730 19.8 4.2
1968 24 COL NL 81 188 21 43 12 1 1 24 0 0 20 26 .229 .306 .319 .625 15.3 1.2
1969 25 COL NL 42 122 8 26 2 1 1 10 1 0 13 25 .213 .287 .270 .557 10.1 0.4
1970 26 COL NL 119 323 30 89 17 1 4 38 0 0 31 54 .276 .339 .372 .710 39.3 8.5
1971 27 COL NL 137 398 41 103 21 4 5 50 0 0 50 66 .259 .343 .369 .712 51.0 8.8
1972 28 COL NL 52 174 18 47 5 1 3 24 0 0 24 39 .270 .357 .362 .719 22.6 3.6
    AAA   83 318 44 98 15 1 8 41 0 0 33 44 .308 .373 .437 .810 50.5  
1973 29 AAA   122 387 54 119 30 2 12 62 1 1 53 79 .307 .391 .488 .879 70.6  
1974 30 AAA   108 184 29 51 8 0 7 21 0 0 29 31 .277 .376 .435 .810 30.9  
1975 31 AAA   105 118 16 34 8 0 5 26 0 0 12 22 .288 .354 .483 .837 19.5  
1976 32 AAA   131 460 65 139 27 0 14 61 0 0 66 79 .302 .390 .452 .842 80.2  
1977 33 AAA   136 536 54 150 23 6 15 63 3 0 63 99 .280 .356 .429 .785 82.3  
6 Years Sim 484 1342 131 347 64 8 15 163 1 0 159 235 .259 .337 .352 .689 158.1 26.6
8 Years AAA 852 2585 332 728 152 9 69 334 10 5 333 438 .282 .364 .427 .791 402.3  
2 Years AA 242 888 98 234 47 4 9 83 7 14 124 149 .264 .355 .356 .711 114.1  
10 Years Minors 1094 3473 430 962 199 13 78 417 17 19 457 587 .277 .362 .409 .771 516.4  
162 Game Average 449 43 116 21 2 5 54 0 0 53 78 .259 .337 .352 .689 52.9  
Career Highs 137 398 41 103 21 4 5 50 1 0 50 66 .285 .373 .372 .730 51.0  
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   653 65 159 25 4 6 76 1 0 80 125 .243 .326 .322 .647 72.8
vs LH   689 66 188 39 4 9 87 0 0 79 110 .273 .348 .380 .728 92.0
Home 243 654 60 155 26 6 7 74 0 0 76 126 .237 .316 .327 .643 71.0
Away 241 688 71 192 38 2 8 89 1 0 83 109 .279 .357 .375 .732 93.7
RISP   348 0 86 16 2 3 137 0 0 46 70 .247 .329 .330 .660 40.9
Pinch Hitting   119 13 29 5 1 1 13 0 0 13 22 .244 .319 .328 .646 12.9
Close/Late   186 14 45 12 1 1 22 0 0 22 32 .242 .321 .333 .654 20.6
Mar/Apr 107 323 40 86 11 3 5 40 0 0 44 58 .266 .353 .365 .719 43.9
May 99 293 32 81 15 2 5 39 0 0 41 61 .276 .366 .392 .759 43.2
June 68 181 14 46 9 2 3 22 0 0 21 27 .254 .333 .376 .709 23.1
July 64 179 19 40 9 1 1 25 0 0 21 32 .223 .305 .302 .607 17.3
August 76 215 17 60 11 0 1 19 0 0 20 30 .279 .342 .344 .686 25.3
Sep/Oct 70 151 9 34 9 0 0 18 1 0 12 27 .225 .277 .285 .562 12.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1967 23 COL NL C 39 39 345.0 255 14 0 0 1.000 7.02 22 9 .409 0 1.7
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 24 COL NL C 34 34 310.0 248 14 1 0 .996 7.61 14 5 .357 2 2.0
    1B 10 10 83.0 97 9 3 7 .972 11.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 25 COL NL C 34 32 283.3 178 14 0 0 1.000 6.10 23 12 .522 1 1.9
    1B 6 4 41.0 60 6 1 5 .985 14.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 26 COL NL C 34 10 132.0 74 6 0 0 1.000 5.45 12 5 .417 0 0.9
    1B 17 12 106.7 133 10 2 17 .986 12.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1971 27 COL NL 1B 55 49 435.0 513 32 4 55 .993 11.28 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 70 42 434.3 316 15 3 1 .991 6.86 27 4 .148 0 1.6
1972 28 COL NL 1B 51 49 432.0 514 43 6 56 .989 11.60 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 212 157 1506.7 1072 63 4 1 .996 6.78 98 35 .357 3 8.1
  1B 142 124 1102.7 1324 101 16 140 .989 11.63 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   356 281 2612.3 2396 164 20 141 .992 8.82 98 35 .357 3 10.2
Career Highs   125 91 869.3 829 47 7 56 1.000 11.57 27 12 .522 2  
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
1968 24 COL NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 25 COL NL 4 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .667 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 7 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .444 .556
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1955
Injured on 4/11/1957 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 5/6/1959, off Ryne Duren (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1960, off Stu Miller (TAM)
Injured on 4/8/1961 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Traded from Minnesota to Montreal on 3/3/1963 (Going to MON: 3B Milt Smith. Going to MIN: P Joe Moeller)
Injured on 6/5/1963 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/15/1963 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1964
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 3/3/1967 (Going to COL: P Howie Nunn, C Jerry May. Going to CLN: C Johnny Roseboro)
Had first career hit on 4/7/1967, off Dave Wickersham (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1967, off Darold Knowles (MON)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Released by Colorado on 10/1/1972
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1973 to a minor league deal
Injured on 6/13/1973 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/31/1973 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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