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Lee May
Lee Andrew May

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut September 1, 1965
Final Game September 24, 1982
Born March 23, 1943 in Birmingham, AL
Died July 29, 2017 (age 74)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 23 CIN NL   84   81    6   19   4   1   0   10   0   0    2   16  .235  .247  .309  .556    75    25   0   2   2   0   3  
 1967 24 CIN NL  140  481   49  139  48   1  11   67   1   0   22   85  .289  .329  .462  .791   109   222   0   2   3   8  11  
 1968 25 CIN NL  155  575   63  170  36   0  16   72   3   5   22  106  .296  .326  .442  .767   117   254   1   5   2   6  22  MVP-14
 1969 26 CIN NL  162  640   98  180  31   2  45  123   4   5   47  159  .281  .336  .547  .883   130   350   0   0   3   6  13  MVP-4
 1970 27 CIN NL  141  519   70  118  25   1  23   80   0   1   51  127  .227  .297  .412  .709    98   214   0   2  15   1  11  
 1971 28 CIN NL  158  606   73  151  16   2  39  107   5   0   44  165  .249  .300  .475  .775   114   288   0   9   8   4  18  MVP-11
 1972 29 SFN NL  155  586   96  160  22   0  35  119   0   0   40  149  .273  .322  .490  .812   117   287   0   6   0   5  11  MVP-11
 1973 30 SFN NL   91  303   30   76  14   3   9   49   0   0   17   71  .251  .291  .406  .696    99   123   0   5   2   2   9  
 1974 31 SFN NL  129  449   48  117  21   1  22   64   1   0   13   92  .261  .284  .459  .743   107   206   0   3   3   3  20  
 1975 32 CHA AL  145  534   51  134  26   4  12   70   0   0   36   87  .251  .300  .382  .682    93   204   0   6   9   4  24  
 1976 33 CHA AL  117  446   37  110  14   0  17   59   1   1   21  105  .247  .282  .392  .674    97   175   0   0   0   1  12  
 1977 34 CHA AL    3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
         SEA AL  136  538   58  148  18   2  27   71   0   0   27  126  .275  .308  .467  .774   100   251   0   4   1   0  23  
         TOT     139  539   58  148  18   2  27   71   0   0   27  127  .275  .307  .466  .773         251   0   4   1   0  23 
 1978 35 SEA AL  153  584   83  155  16   3  43  114   0   0   29  102  .265  .297  .524  .821   108   306   0   6   1   0  18  MVP-13
 1979 36 CIN NL   63  164   29   51  10   0  11   32   0   0    7   41  .311  .335  .573  .908   126    94   0   2   0   0   2  
 1980 37 CIN NL   35   81   12   25   4   1   1   11   0   0    2   18  .309  .321  .420  .741   100    34   0   1   0   0   3  
 1981 38 CIN NL   17   51    7   15   4   0   0    4   0   0    2   15  .294  .315  .373  .687    97    19   0   1   0   0   2  
 1982 39 DEA AL   39   94   15   34   8   2   3   16   0   0   15   20  .362  .450  .585 1.035   136    55   0   0   2   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1923 6733  825 1802 317  23 314 1068  15  12  397 1485  .268  .310  .461  .771        3107   1  54  51  40 202
 Per 600 PA           559   69  150  26   2  26   89   1   1   33  123                                 258   0   4   4   3  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      955 3198  407  868 178   8 146  506  13  11  199  732  .271  .317  .469  .786        1500   1  24  33  25  85
   With SFN      375 1338  174  353  57   4  66  232   1   0   70  312  .264  .302  .460  .763         616   0  14   5  10  40
   With SEA      289 1122  141  303  34   5  70  185   0   0   56  228  .270  .302  .496  .799         557   0  10   2   0  41
   With CHA      265  981   88  244  40   4  29  129   1   1   57  193  .249  .292  .386  .678         379   0   6   9   5  36
   With DEA       39   94   15   34   8   2   3   16   0   0   15   20  .362  .450  .585 1.035          55   0   0   2   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2071 7609  959 2031 340  31 354 1244  39  35  487 1570  .267  .313  .459  .772        3495   9  65  85  49 219
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1966 23 CIN NL  22    5   2.2  74  15   0  .203   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -284   
 1967 24 CIN NL  26   71   5.4   9   8   1  .889   5   35   22  .629    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e8    61   
 1968 25 CIN NL  32   74   4.6   5   1   0  .200   9   49   32  .653    0    0  .000  1B   3e7       -38   
 1969 26 CIN NL  31  113   6.4   0   0   0  .000   6   43   27  .628    0    0  .000  1B   3e12       23   
 1970 27 CIN NL  43   61   4.0  10   1   0  .100  15   59   29  .492    0    0  .000  1B   3e11      -73   
 1971 28 CIN NL  29   83   4.7   3   1   0  .333   9   47   25  .532    0    0  .000  1B   3e9       -88   
 1972 29 SFN NL  19   91   5.6   8   1   0  .125  15   55   30  .545    0    0  .000  1B   3e17      -21   
 1973 30 SFN NL  25   34   3.8  15   1   1  .067  10   28   14  .500    0    0  .000  1B   3e11      -93   
 1974 31 SFN NL  16   51   3.9  17   5   3  .294  12   46   20  .435    0    0  .000  1B   4e9         5   
 1975 32 CHA AL  35   55   3.5   4   1   0  .250   2   19   10  .526    0    0  .000  1B   4e11      -50   
 1976 33 CHA AL   6   46   3.6   6   3   0  .500  10   47   21  .447    0    0  .000  1B   4e6       -84   
 1977 34 CHA AL   0    0    .0   0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   4e8      -722   
         SEA AL  32   69   4.5   2   0   0  .000   0    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  DH              52   
         TOT                     2   0   0  .000   0    7    4  .571    0    0  .000
 1978 35 SEA AL  31   84   5.1   2   0   0  .000  21   43   18  .419    0    0  .000  1B   4e30      121   
 1979 36 CIN NL  49   31   7.2  24   6   1  .250   6   12    2  .167    0    0  .000  1B   4e30      200   
 1980 37 CIN NL  59   10   4.5  17   4   1  .235   1    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e25       52   
 1981 38 CIN NL  68    5   3.9   4   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e25       14   
 1982 39 DEA AL  48   26  11.8  13   2   0  .154   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e15      137   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons          916   4.8 213  49   7  .230 123  500  258  .516    0    0  .000                  -6   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1966 23 CIN NL  1B     7    17     1    0    4  1.000     1    12.1  13.14
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1967 24 CIN NL  RF    80   114     3    3    0   .975    78   678.1   1.55
                 1B    54   387    48    2   20   .995    46   405.1   9.66
 1968 25 CIN NL  1B   153  1277   106    9  112   .994   146  1318.2   9.44
 1969 26 CIN NL  1B   162  1372   127    6  134   .996   162  1451.1   9.30
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1970 27 CIN NL  1B   135  1043    95   15  109   .987   128  1149.2   8.91
 1971 28 CIN NL  1B   157  1259   147    9  113   .994   155  1399.1   9.04
 1972 29 SFN NL  1B   149  1328    96   15  121   .990   145  1313.0   9.76
 1973 30 SFN NL  1B    74   621    57   10   63   .985    72   635.1   9.60
 1974 31 SFN NL  1B   111  1024    71   12   90   .989   109   955.0  10.32
 1975 32 CHA AL  1B    89   708    42    2   70   .997    89   769.0   8.78
 1976 33 CHA AL  1B   114   998    96   10   78   .991   110   982.0  10.03
 1977 34 CHA AL  1B     3     7     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.0  14.40
         SEA AL  1B    13   113     8    0   10  1.000    12   104.0  10.47
 1978 35 SEA AL  1B    94   805    86   21   77   .977    92   807.2   9.93
 1979 36 CIN NL  1B    38   298    24    6   25   .982    37   279.0  10.39
 1980 37 CIN NL  1B    17   139     7    1    8   .993    17   121.0  10.86
 1981 38 CIN NL  1B    14   105     7    2    9   .982    13   101.2   9.91
 1982 39 DEA AL  1B    14    61     6    0    9  1.000     8    64.0   9.42
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1398 11562  1025  120 1052   .991  1342 11873.1   9.54
                 RF    80   114     3    3    0   .975    78   678.1   1.55
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1967 WS    CIN BOA   L    7  24  2  6  2  0  0   3  1  3  .250  .333  .333  0
 1972 NLCS  SFN PIN   W    5  20  2  5  0  0  1   5  1  4  .250  .286  .400  0
      WS    SFN NYA   L    5  20  1  6  0  0  1   3  1  4  .300  .333  .450  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    2   2  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1966  CIN   88-74   Larry Cupp
 1967  CIN  103-59   Larry Cupp
 1968  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1969  CIN   83-79   Alan Boodman
 1970  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1971  CIN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1972  SFN  110-52   Raul Camacho
 1973  SFN   75-87   Raul Camacho, Joe Russo
 1974  SFN   76-86   Bob Mittleman
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1976  CHA   60-102  Ben Lea
 1977  CHA  102-60   Ben Lea
 1977  SEA   52-110  Jeff Tripodi
 1978  SEA   66-96   Jeff Tripodi
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1982  DEA   93-69   Dennis Van Langen

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