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Milt
May		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 1, 1950 in Usa, IN, GARY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
Gold Glove 1976    1979   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1983   
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
1971 20 NYG NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1972 21 NYG NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1973 22 NYG NL     7 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1974 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1975 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 9 9 9
1976 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1977 26 WAS NL $ 1,864,286   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1978 27 WAS NL $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1979 28 SEM AL $ 3,135,714   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1980 29 SEM AL $ 3,135,714   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1981 30 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1982 31 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1983 32 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1984 33 SEM AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1985 34 MIL NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
1986 35 LAD NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1987 36 CLE AL     3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 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
1971 20 AAA   111 404 51 108 9 7 8 50 2 2 41 37 .267 .335 .384 .718 52.5  
    AA   26 97 5 22 5 0 1 11 0 1 15 8 .227 .330 .309 .640 10.6  
1972 21 AAA   136 537 81 149 24 0 18 68 3 4 45 49 .277 .333 .423 .756 74.0  
1973 22 AAA   132 470 67 139 25 2 17 76 6 4 36 35 .296 .346 .466 .812 72.3  
1974 23 NYG NL 127 454 71 148 20 3 9 46 2 1 27 21 .326 .364 .443 .806 65.4 13.0
1975 24 WAS NL 114 431 54 145 26 2 8 56 1 1 36 24 .336 .387 .462 .848 70.6 18.5
1976 25 WAS NL 150 521 57 147 17 1 8 58 0 1 62 33 .282 .357 .365 .721 67.5 11.5
1977 26 WAS NL 126 442 54 125 14 2 10 46 0 2 43 15 .283 .344 .391 .736 57.2 9.9
    AAA   27 104 19 44 3 1 5 14 1 1 18 5 .423 .508 .615 1.124 28.1  
1978 27 WAS NL 154 580 69 181 26 3 8 70 2 3 47 22 .312 .361 .409 .769 81.8 16.8
1979 28 SEM AL 146 531 55 150 25 2 12 58 1 4 56 38 .282 .352 .405 .757 72.3 12.8
1980 29 SEM AL 146 533 92 150 19 4 15 87 4 3 62 24 .281 .349 .417 .766 78.1 14.8
1981 30 SEM AL 146 527 71 145 17 4 10 72 3 3 62 30 .275 .349 .380 .729 65.2 9.8
1982 31 SEM AL 147 563 65 153 21 1 9 69 2 2 47 44 .272 .323 .361 .684 66.0 10.4
1983 32 SEM AL 144 479 84 154 13 1 12 48 0 2 59 34 .322 .397 .428 .825 76.5 20.5
1984 33 SEM AL 94 360 36 88 15 1 4 34 0 0 34 20 .244 .307 .325 .632 33.4 2.5
1985 34 MIL NL 99 318 36 79 12 1 7 44 0 0 18 63 .248 .288 .358 .647 31.9 5.5
1986 35 LAD NL 55 150 12 36 3 0 2 13 1 0 12 24 .240 .296 .300 .596 14.0 1.8
1987 36 AAA   137 516 49 102 16 1 1 35 4 6 48 114 .198 .266 .238 .504 31.4  
13 Years Sim 1648 5889 756 1701 228 25 114 701 16 22 565 392 .289 .349 .394 .743 779.9 147.9
5 Years AAA 543 2031 267 542 77 11 49 243 16 17 188 240 .267 .327 .388 .715 258.4  
1 Years AA 26 97 5 22 5 0 1 11 0 1 15 8 .227 .327 .309 .637 10.6  
6 Years Minors 569 2128 272 564 82 11 50 254 16 18 203 248 .265 .327 .384 .711 269.0  
162 Game Average 578 74 167 22 2 11 68 1 2 55 38 .289 .349 .394 .743 76.7  
Career Highs 154 580 92 181 26 4 15 87 4 4 62 63 .336 .397 .462 .848 81.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4451 578 1321 155 23 83 518 9 18 422 289 .297 .356 .398 .754 623.9
vs LH   1438 178 380 73 2 31 183 7 4 143 103 .264 .327 .382 .710 183.3
Home 818 2920 352 843 122 17 44 320 6 10 255 192 .289 .343 .387 .731 384.1
Away 830 2969 404 858 106 8 70 381 10 12 310 200 .289 .354 .401 .755 423.1
RISP   1456 0 397 57 6 29 559 0 0 196 116 .273 .348 .380 .728 206.5
Pinch Hitting   121 13 43 8 1 3 22 0 0 3 7 .355 .368 .512 .880 20.2
Close/Late   743 85 219 23 2 13 85 0 0 98 46 .295 .376 .384 .760 110.9
Mar/Apr 271 982 143 287 35 5 22 119 1 5 95 57 .292 .353 .405 .758 138.7
May 294 1022 131 283 39 7 17 125 4 2 124 80 .277 .352 .379 .731 141.1
June 266 952 113 254 40 2 12 111 1 4 95 61 .267 .331 .351 .681 112.4
July 264 937 103 258 32 6 13 103 2 1 82 76 .275 .332 .364 .696 114.2
August 271 995 129 307 37 3 31 125 3 6 85 62 .309 .361 .445 .806 153.9
Sep/Oct 282 1001 137 312 45 2 19 118 5 4 84 56 .312 .363 .418 .781 146.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 23 NYG NL C 117 100 930.3 547 37 5 1 .992 5.65 86 26 .302 3 5.8
    1B 2 0 4.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 24 WAS NL 1B 92 91 807.3 1079 81 8 122 .993 12.93 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    C 19 15 140.3 61 5 1 0 .985 4.23 10 4 .400 0 0.6
1976 25 WAS NL 1B 139 134 1151.0 1517 103 5 143 .997 12.67 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 9 0 19.0 10 2 0 0 1.000 5.68 1 1 1.000 0 0.2
1977 26 WAS NL 1B 114 109 956.3 1225 93 10 120 .992 12.40 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 8 3 34.0 11 1 1 0 .923 3.18 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1978 27 WAS NL 1B 147 146 1282.3 1695 109 6 136 .997 12.66 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    C 5 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 28 SEM AL C 143 135 1240.7 632 63 5 0 .993 5.04 100 42 .420 2 10.3
1980 29 SEM AL C 141 140 1255.0 632 64 4 1 .994 4.99 129 45 .349 3 9.4
    1B 2 0 6.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 30 SEM AL C 142 137 1227.0 635 44 9 0 .987 4.98 113 28 .248 2 2.4
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 31 SEM AL C 145 137 1233.7 602 59 10 0 .985 4.82 117 36 .308 1 5.3
1983 32 SEM AL C 139 130 1181.0 645 63 12 2 .983 5.40 122 42 .344 4 4.8
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 SEM AL C 94 88 792.0 420 41 12 1 .975 5.24 107 26 .243 1 2.0
1985 34 MIL NL C 96 94 825.7 566 31 7 0 .988 6.51 68 17 .250 2 2.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 35 LAD NL C 34 31 273.7 197 11 0 0 1.000 6.84 26 7 .269 1 1.0
    1B 19 9 99.7 119 6 1 4 .992 11.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 1092 1010 9161.3 4962 421 66 5 .988 5.29 882 274 .311 19 43.9
  1B 520 489 4314.3 5650 393 30 526 .995 12.61 0 0 .000 0 9.5
Career Totals   1612 1499 13475.6 10612 814 96 531 .992 7.63 882 274 .311 19 53.4
Career Highs   152 146 1291.3 1699 109 12 143 .997 12.60 129 45 1.000 4  
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
1979 28 SEM AL 15 60 8 11 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 3 .183 .222 .300 .522
1980 29 SEM AL 9 32 9 14 3 0 2 10 0 0 6 2 .438 .526 .719 1.245
Career Post-Season Batting 24 92 17 25 4 0 4 15 0 0 9 5 .272 .337 .446 .782
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
1974-6-.318*
1978-8-.312
1983-2-.322
 On-Base Pct
1983-4-.397
 Games
1978-9-154
 Runs
1980-10-92
 Hits
1978-5-181
 Singles
1978-2-144
1983-9-128
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1971
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 2/13/1971 (Going to NYG: C Milt May, P Wayne Schurr, P Steve Hamilton. Going to TAM: RF Hank Aaron, P Eddie Fisher)
Injured on 7/6/1971 with a Bruised Foot, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1974, off Rollie Fingers (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1974, off Don Wilson (STL)
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 2/1/1975 (Going to NYG: P Jack Billingham, P Bill Hepler, C Manny Sanguillen. Going to WAS: P Glenn Abbott, P Luke Walker, C Milt May, RF Mike Anderson, 2B Bobby Valentine)
Injured on 4/21/1975 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 5/29/1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Washington to Seattle on 2/2/1979 (Going to SEM: 1B Milt May. Going to WAS: P Bart Johnson)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
9/22/1980: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 3/19/1983 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 7/11/1984 with a Broken Ankle, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/10/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Traded from Milwaukee to Los Angeles on 2/2/1986 (Going to LAD: C Milt May. Going to MIL: P Gordie Pladson)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1987 to a minor league deal
Released by Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1987
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 4/3/1987 to a minor league deal
 
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