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Lee May |
Nickname: Big Bopper Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 3'' Weight: 220 Born: March 23, 1943 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM |
Awards & Accomplishments | |
All-Star Selections | 1974 |
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 | |||
1966 | 23 | STL | NL | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||
1967 | 24 | STL | NL | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
1968 | 25 | STL | NL | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
1969 | 26 | STL | NL | $ 300,000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1970 | 27 | STL | NL | $ 300,000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1971 | 28 | STL | NL | $ 300,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1972 | 29 | STL | NL | $ 350,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1973 | 30 | STL | NL | $ 1,528,571 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1974 | 31 | STL | NL | $ 1,000,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1975 | 32 | OAK | AL | $ 1,000,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1976 | 33 | OAK | AL | $ 1,000,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1977 | 34 | OAK | AL | $ 1,000,000 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
1978 | 35 | OAK | AL | $ 2,390,000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
1979 | 36 | OAK | AL | $ 2,390,000 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
OOTP6 Min Ratings | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
OOTP6 Max Ratings | $ 2,390,000 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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 |
1966 | 23 | AAA | 137 | 534 | 87 | 149 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 111 | .279 | .323 | .500 | .823 | 84.2 | ||
1967 | 24 | AAA | 127 | 501 | 85 | 136 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 118 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 85 | .271 | .324 | .575 | .899 | 90.6 | ||
1968 | 25 | AAA | 137 | 539 | 78 | 155 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 94 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 87 | .288 | .338 | .521 | .859 | 91.6 | ||
1969 | 26 | STL | NL | 123 | 387 | 51 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 58 | .258 | .299 | .426 | .725 | 46.4 | 5.7 |
1970 | 27 | STL | NL | 80 | 253 | 31 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 54 | .245 | .278 | .435 | .713 | 31.0 | 4.3 |
1971 | 28 | STL | NL | 154 | 536 | 56 | 114 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 111 | .213 | .252 | .326 | .579 | 40.8 | 0.4 |
1972 | 29 | STL | NL | 155 | 545 | 70 | 147 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 99 | .270 | .321 | .437 | .758 | 70.9 | 11.7 |
1973 | 30 | STL | NL | 154 | 542 | 63 | 142 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 110 | .262 | .302 | .424 | .726 | 68.2 | 11.3 |
1974 | 31 | STL | NL | 154 | 587 | 79 | 164 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 92 | .279 | .317 | .474 | .790 | 83.1 | 16.7 |
1975 | 32 | OAK | AL | 155 | 612 | 88 | 199 | 32 | 2 | 28 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 84 | .325 | .354 | .521 | .875 | 102.9 | 22.3 |
1976 | 33 | OAK | AL | 157 | 605 | 65 | 164 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 86 | .271 | .306 | .393 | .699 | 67.4 | 9.1 |
1977 | 34 | OAK | AL | 156 | 571 | 73 | 152 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 70 | .266 | .314 | .461 | .774 | 78.8 | 13.3 |
1978 | 35 | OAK | AL | 155 | 565 | 48 | 126 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 99 | .223 | .273 | .350 | .623 | 55.5 | 5.6 |
1979 | 36 | OAK | AL | 99 | 371 | 31 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 71 | .208 | .251 | .321 | .571 | 28.9 | 0.9 |
AAA | 29 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .222 | .282 | .250 | .532 | 2.6 | ||||
11 Years Sim | 1542 | 5574 | 655 | 1447 | 219 | 20 | 209 | 814 | 18 | 10 | 315 | 934 | .260 | .300 | .419 | .719 | 674.0 | 101.2 | |||
4 Years AAA | 430 | 1610 | 253 | 448 | 64 | 6 | 107 | 324 | 13 | 12 | 118 | 288 | .278 | .327 | .525 | .852 | 269.0 | ||||
162 Game Average | 585 | 68 | 152 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 98 | .260 | .300 | .419 | .719 | 70.8 | |||||
Career Highs | 157 | 612 | 88 | 199 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 111 | .325 | .354 | .521 | .875 | 102.9 |
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 | 3531 | 407 | 903 | 135 | 9 | 124 | 508 | 10 | 5 | 186 | 583 | .256 | .294 | .404 | .699 | 413.8 | |
vs LH | 2043 | 248 | 544 | 84 | 11 | 85 | 306 | 8 | 5 | 129 | 351 | .266 | .310 | .443 | .753 | 276.1 | |
Home | 764 | 2711 | 323 | 708 | 116 | 13 | 102 | 425 | 10 | 5 | 160 | 462 | .261 | .303 | .426 | .729 | 344.7 |
Away | 778 | 2863 | 332 | 739 | 103 | 7 | 107 | 389 | 8 | 5 | 155 | 472 | .258 | .298 | .411 | .709 | 345.2 |
RISP | 1430 | 0 | 380 | 45 | 6 | 52 | 573 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 240 | .266 | .306 | .415 | .720 | 183.2 | |
Pinch Hitting | 74 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .270 | .299 | .324 | .623 | 7.0 | |
Close/Late | 661 | 80 | 177 | 35 | 2 | 23 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 120 | .268 | .314 | .431 | .745 | 86.7 | |
Mar/Apr | 249 | 905 | 109 | 241 | 28 | 5 | 41 | 158 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 152 | .266 | .304 | .444 | .749 | 120.9 |
May | 272 | 1004 | 119 | 272 | 49 | 4 | 37 | 145 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 162 | .271 | .305 | .438 | .744 | 130.0 |
June | 251 | 902 | 108 | 236 | 32 | 3 | 28 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 176 | .262 | .304 | .397 | .701 | 107.8 |
July | 256 | 930 | 121 | 256 | 34 | 3 | 41 | 147 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 134 | .275 | .315 | .451 | .766 | 129.4 |
August | 258 | 911 | 99 | 225 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 119 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 142 | .247 | .296 | .409 | .706 | 108.9 |
Sep/Oct | 256 | 922 | 99 | 217 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 168 | .235 | .275 | .370 | .645 | 92.9 |
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 | 26 | STL | NL | 1B | 69 | 67 | 545.3 | 631 | 47 | 4 | 60 | .994 | 11.19 | 0.9 | ||||
LF | 38 | 14 | 185.0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.38 | 0.7 | ||||||||
RF | 7 | 2 | 37.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | |||||||||
1970 | 27 | STL | NL | 1B | 44 | 33 | 305.0 | 384 | 19 | 3 | 42 | .993 | 11.89 | 0.5 | ||||
LF | 15 | 14 | 117.7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.45 | 0.3 | ||||||||
RF | 10 | 8 | 70.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.41 | |||||||||
1971 | 28 | STL | NL | LF | 154 | 149 | 1305.3 | 229 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .963 | 1.59 | 2.6 | ||||
1972 | 29 | STL | NL | LF | 152 | 149 | 1299.3 | 217 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .983 | 1.57 | 2.6 | ||||
1973 | 30 | STL | NL | LF | 154 | 152 | 1321.0 | 257 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 1.77 | 2.6 | ||||
1974 | 31 | STL | NL | LF | 151 | 149 | 1331.0 | 280 | 6 | 13 | 2 | .957 | 1.93 | 1.9 | ||||
RF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | |||||||||
1975 | 32 | OAK | AL | 1B | 125 | 123 | 1059.7 | 1323 | 99 | 14 | 139 | .990 | 12.08 | 1.5 | ||||
LF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||||||||
RF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | |||||||||
1976 | 33 | OAK | AL | 1B | 150 | 147 | 1301.3 | 1566 | 112 | 12 | 135 | .993 | 11.61 | 4.2 | ||||
LF | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.29 | 0.0 | ||||||||
1977 | 34 | OAK | AL | 1B | 145 | 142 | 1247.3 | 1513 | 106 | 6 | 146 | .996 | 11.68 | 3.5 | ||||
LF | 6 | 0 | 17.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.08 | 0.1 | ||||||||
1978 | 35 | OAK | AL | 1B | 142 | 141 | 1205.0 | 1424 | 121 | 15 | 156 | .990 | 11.54 | 3.4 | ||||
RF | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.69 | 0.0 | ||||||||
LF | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | |||||||||
1979 | 36 | OAK | AL | LF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 0.0 | ||||
1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 0.0 | ||||||||
1B | 676 | 653 | 5665.7 | 6843 | 504 | 54 | 679 | .993 | 11.67 | 13.9 | ||||||||
LF | 681 | 627 | 5603.3 | 1061 | 22 | 34 | 9 | .970 | 1.74 | 10.7 | ||||||||
RF | 23 | 10 | 125.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Career Totals | 1380 | 1290 | 11394.3 | 7924 | 526 | 88 | 688 | .990 | 6.67 | 24.7 | ||||||||
Career Highs | 155 | 152 | 1335.0 | 1568 | 121 | 15 | 156 | 1.000 | 12.01 |
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 |
1971 | 28 | STL | NL | 12 | 41 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .293 | .370 | .415 | .784 |
1972 | 29 | STL | NL | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .105 | .211 | .316 |
1976 | 33 | OAK | AL | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .357 | .607 |
Career Post-Season Batting | 21 | 74 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .216 | .284 | .351 | .635 |
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. | ||||||||||||
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Black Ink Test: 0 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42) Gray Ink Test: 45 (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203) |
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History |
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1966 |
Injured on 6/5/1967 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week |
Had first career hit on 4/8/1969, off Al Jackson (SDP) |
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1969, off John Morris (LAD) |
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/14/1971 |
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration |
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration |
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years |
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game |
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1974, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 10 RBI |
Traded from St. Louis to Oakland on 2/1/1975 (Going to STL: CF Johnny Lewis. Going to OAK: P Mel Stottlemyre, LF Lee May) |
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1975, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 7 RBI |
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1975, hitting .347 with 8 HR, 27 RBI |
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 7/8/1975 |
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1975, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 7 RBI |
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1975, hitting .420 with 7 HR, 28 RBI |
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/25/1976 |
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,390,000 per year, for 2 years |
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 9/27/1977 |
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1978, hitting .381 with 3 HR, 10 RBI |
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