Lee May

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: March 23, 1943 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: July 29, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Cremated

High School: A. H. Parker HS (Birmingham, AL)

School: Miles College (Fairfield, AL)

Debut: September 1, 1965 (Age 22-162d, 12,386th in major league history)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1982 (Age 39-185d)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Lee Andrew May

Nicknames: Big Bopper

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Relatives: Brother of Carlos May; Grandfather of Jacob May

3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

7609

2031

354

.267

959

RBI

1244

OBP

.313

SLG

.459

OPS

.772

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	CIN		LAD	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	CIN	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
6	6	Apr 13 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	CIN		SFG	W,11-10	CG	57	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 19	CIN		ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 20	CIN		ATL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
10	10	Apr 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
12	12	Apr 23	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 24	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
14	14	Apr 25	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
15	15	Apr 26	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
16	16	Apr 27 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
17	17	Apr 27 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,9-10	CG	61	12.2	11	2	1	14	1	1B
18	18	Apr 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
19	19	Apr 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	55	12.2	12	1	0	13	1	1B
20	20	Apr 30	CIN		HOU	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22 (1)	May 2	CIN		SDP	L,5-8	GF	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	PH 1B
22	24 (1)	May 4 (1)	CIN		SDP	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
23	25	May 4 (2)	CIN		SDP	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
24	26	May 6	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
25	27	May 7	CIN	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
26	28	May 9	CIN	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
27	29	May 10	CIN	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	30	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
29	31	May 14	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
30	32	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
31	33	May 16	CIN		NYM	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
32	34	May 17	CIN		NYM	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
33	35	May 20	CIN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
34	36	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
35	37	May 23	CIN		MON	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
36	38	May 24	CIN		MON	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
37	39	May 25	CIN		MON	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
38	40	May 28	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
39	41	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
40	42	May 30	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
41	43	May 31	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	CIN	@	STL	L,3-11	GS	44	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B RF
43	45	Jun 3	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	46	Jun 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	13	3	0	16	2	1B
45	47	Jun 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-14	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
46	48	Jun 7	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
47	49	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
48	50	Jun 10	CIN		STL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
49	51	Jun 11	CIN		STL	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	52	Jun 12	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
51	53	Jun 13	CIN		CHC	L,8-14	CG	51	10.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
52	54	Jun 14	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	CG	48	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
53	55	Jun 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
54	56	Jun 15 susp	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
55	57	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
56	58	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
57	59	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
58	60	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	61	Jun 20	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
60	62	Jun 21	CIN		LAD	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
61	63	Jun 22	CIN		LAD	L,0-5	GS	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B LF
62	64	Jun 23	CIN		SDP	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
63	65	Jun 24	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
64	66	Jun 25	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
65	67	Jun 26	CIN		SFG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
66	68	Jun 27 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
67	69	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
68	70	Jun 28	CIN		SFG	L,5-12	GS	49	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B LF
69	71	Jun 29	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
70	72	Jun 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	73	Jul 1	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	74	Jul 2	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-9	GS	38	6.1	5	1	0	6	0	1B
73	75	Jul 3	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
74	76	Jul 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	77	Jul 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	1B
76	78	Jul 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	8	2	1	11	2	1B
77	79	Jul 7	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
78	80	Jul 8	CIN	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
79	81	Jul 9	CIN	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
80	82	Jul 10	CIN	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
81	83	Jul 11	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-13	GS	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
82	84	Jul 12	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
83	85	Jul 13	CIN	@	HOU	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	86	Jul 15 (1)	CIN		ATL	L,8-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
85	87	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		ATL	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
86	88	Jul 16	CIN		ATL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
87	89	Jul 17	CIN		ATL	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
88	90	Jul 18	CIN		HOU	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
89	91	Jul 19	CIN		HOU	W,10-9	CG	49	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
90	92	Jul 24	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
91	93	Jul 25	CIN	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	13	2	1	16	0	1B
92	94	Jul 26	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
93	95	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
94	96	Jul 29	CIN		MON	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
95	97	Jul 30	CIN		MON	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
96	98	Jul 31	CIN		MON	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
98	100	Aug 2	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
99	101	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,19-17	CG	51	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
100	102	Aug 4	CIN		NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
101	103	Aug 5 (1)	CIN		NYM	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
102	104	Aug 5 (2)	CIN		NYM	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
103	105	Aug 6	CIN		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
104	106	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
105	107	Aug 9	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	47	12.0	16	3	0	19	2	1B
106	108	Aug 10	CIN		PHI	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
107	109	Aug 11	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
108	110	Aug 12 (1)	CIN	@	MON	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
109	111	Aug 12 (2)	CIN	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
110	112	Aug 13	CIN	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	48	11.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
111	113	Aug 14	CIN	@	MON	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
112	114	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
113	115	Aug 16	CIN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
114	116	Aug 17	CIN		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	3	1B
115	117	Aug 18	CIN		PIT	L,5-12	GS	47	9.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
116	118	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
117	119	Aug 20	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
118	120	Aug 21	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
119	121	Aug 22 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
120	122	Aug 22 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
121	123	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
122	124	Aug 24	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS	41	8.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B RF
123	125	Aug 25	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
124	126	Aug 26	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
125	127	Aug 27	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
126	128	Aug 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
127	129	Aug 29	CIN		STL	W,8-1	GS	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
128	130	Aug 30	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
129	131	Aug 31	CIN		STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	132	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,2-8	GS	36	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
131	133	Sep 3	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
132	134	Sep 5	CIN		ATL	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
133	135	Sep 6	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
134	136	Sep 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
135	137	Sep 8 (1)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
136	138	Sep 8 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	18	2	0	20	2	1B
137	139	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
138	140	Sep 10	CIN		SDP	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
139	141	Sep 11	CIN		SDP	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
140	142	Sep 12	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
141	143	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
142	144	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
143	148 (3)	Sep 17	CIN	@	SDP	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
144	149	Sep 18	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
145	150	Sep 19	CIN	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	1B
146	151	Sep 20	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
147	152	Sep 21	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
148	153	Sep 22	CIN		LAD	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
149	154	Sep 23 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
150	155	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
151	156	Sep 24	CIN		LAD	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
152	157	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
153	158	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
154	159	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
155	160	Sep 27	CIN		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
156	161	Sep 28	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
157	162	Sep 30	CIN	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
158	163	Oct 2	CIN	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
							163gm		1402.0	1395	102	11	1508	128