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
                                             
  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
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.
Batting Average
1975-7-.325
Slugging Pct
1974-9-.474
1975-3-.521
OPS
1975-9-.875
XR
1975-8-102.9
Games
1972-7-155
1976-2-157
1977-3-156
1978-6-155
At-Bats
1974-9-587
1975-3-612
1976-6-605
Hits
1975-2-199
Total Bases
1974-9-278
1975-1-319
Singles
1975-6-137
Triples
1971-7-5
Homeruns
1974-5-31
1975-6-28
1977-3-28
RBIs
1974-10-91
1975-5-108
1977-5-103
 
   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