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Rudy May
Rudolph (Jr.) May

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 207 lb.

MLB Debut April 18, 1965
Final Game September 21, 1983
Born July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS (age 79)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1965 20 CHN NL   4   8  .333  41   4   0  26   4   0   79.2   80   363   55   45   7   50   1   5   56   5  0  5.08  
 1966           [Did not play]
 1967           [Did not play]
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 24 WAA AL   5  14  .263  41  25   0   7   4   0  153.2  175   699   96   91  21   65   6   6  126   5  0  5.33  
 1970 25 WAA AL   7  12  .368  46  36   3   2   0   0  222.2  224   977  129  115  32   92  13   8  182  11  1  4.65  
 1971 26 WAA AL   9  19  .321  34  33   5   0   0   1  226.0  209   980  107   95  16  103  14   6  188   1  0  3.78  
 1972 27 TEA AL   6  12  .333  40  24   0   6   1   0  154.1  144   664   71   66  13   82   8   3  129   2  0  3.85  
 1973 28 TEA AL  12  13  .480  43  26   2   7   1   0  187.1  203   846  108   91  12  100  10   5  121   3  3  4.37  
 1974 29 MNA AL  14   7  .667  53   7   1  17   2   0  154.1  133   653   72   62  15   69   1   2   97   8  1  3.62  
 1975 30 MNA AL   0   3  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   15.2   17    72   13   13   2    9   0   0    9   0  0  7.47  
         BAA AL  15  10  .600  32  32   2   0   0   1  195.0  170   866   75   60  11  119   2   4  124   2  0  2.77  
         TOT     15  13  .536  35  35   2   0   0   1  210.2  187   938   88   73  13  128   2   4  133   2  0  3.12 
 1976 31 BAA AL  15  16  .484  35  35   7   0   0   2  240.1  267  1027  128  112  20   68   0   2  118   5  0  4.19  
 1977 32 BAA AL  15  15  .500  41  41   7   0   0   0  279.1  270  1207  129  108  15  105   2   5  114   3  0  3.48  
 1978 33 SDN NL  11   9  .550  24  24   1   0   0   0  150.0  146   635   66   57  11   51   1   3   85   1  7  3.42  
 1979 34 SDN NL   4   5  .444  37   7   0  18   6   0   91.0   94   390   43   34   4   31   0   3   71   2  0  3.36  
 1980 35 NYA AL  10   5  .667  40  17   8  14   5   1  175.0  142   681   55   54  14   31   2   1  118  11  1  2.78  CY-14
 1981 36 NYA AL  20   4  .833  29  29   9   0   0   2  225.1  189   906   79   68  12   62   1   4  128   6  0  2.72  CY-4
 1982 37 NYA AL  14   4  .778  49   4   1  35  14   0  111.0  110   464   38   35   4   31   8   1   92   3  0  2.84  CY-6
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 15 Seasons     161 156  .508 588 347  46 132  37   7 2660.2 2573 11430 1264 1106 209 1068  69  58 1758  68 13  3.74
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With TEA      39  70  .358 204 144  10  22   6   1  944.0  955  4166  511  458  94  442  51  28  746  22  4  4.37
   With BAA      45  41  .523 108 108  16   0   0   3  714.2  707  3100  332  280  46  292   4  11  356  10  0  3.53
   With NYA      44  13  .772 118  50  18  49  19   3  511.1  441  2051  172  157  30  124  11   6  338  20  1  2.76
   With SDN      15  14  .517  61  31   1  18   6   0  241.0  240  1025  109   91  15   82   1   6  156   3  7  3.40
   With MNA      14  10  .583  56  10   1  17   2   0  170.0  150   725   85   75  17   78   1   2  106   8  1  3.97
   With CHN       4   8  .333  41   4   0  26   4   0   79.2   80   363   55   45   7   50   1   5   56   5  0  5.08
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     152 156  .494 535 360  87  73  12  24 2622.0 2314 10902 1150 1007 199  958  56  42 1760  67 18  3.46
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1965 20 CHN NL  29   46   5.1   4  4.25   10   1   0  .100   0    5    4  .800    8    4  .667   11   
 1966           [Did not play]
 1967           [Did not play]
 1968           [Did not play]
 1969 24 WAA AL  20   98   5.7   5  4.08   42   3   0  .071   2    2    0  .000   10    5  .667  124   
 1970 25 WAA AL  16  127   5.1   0  3.78   61   5   0  .082   1    2    1  .500   11    6  .647   47   
 1971 26 WAA AL  14  105   4.2   0  3.27   66  10   0  .152   7   14    7  .500   11    6  .647   56   
 1972 27 TEA AL  22   75   4.4   1  2.79   37   1   0  .027   0    2    1  .500   15    5  .750   61   
 1973 28 TEA AL  26  112   5.4   2  4.04    4   0   0  .000   1   10    8  .800   10    5  .667   25   
 1974 29 MNA AL  31   66   3.8   4  4.29    0   0   0  .000   0    9    7  .778   11    9  .550   60   
 1975 30 MNA AL   9   11   6.6   0  1.33    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    1  .000  216   
         BAA AL  15   86   3.9   0  4.56    0   0   0  .000   3   10    6  .600   13    5  .722   10   
         TOT          98   4.1   0          0   0   0  .000   3   11    7  .636   13    6  .684
 1976 31 BAA AL  16  122   4.5   0  4.71    0   0   0  .000   3   10    6  .600   12    7  .632   50   
 1977 32 BAA AL  31  124   3.9   0  4.71    0   0   0  .000   4   13    8  .615   10    3  .769  -44   
 1978 33 SDN NL  23   70   4.2   0  4.50   44   7   0  .159   4    9    5  .556   25    9  .735  -55   
 1979 34 SDN NL  14   42   4.2   8  2.57   16   1   0  .062   0    3    3 1.000   14    6  .700   38   
 1980 35 NYA AL  35   53   2.8   6  5.65    0   0   0  .000   2    8    6  .750    2    1  .667  -37   
 1981 36 NYA AL  21   74   3.0   0  5.34    0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667   10    6  .625  -83   
 1982 37 NYA AL  23   46   3.8  20  7.50    0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    4    1  .800  -15   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1264   4.2  50        280  28   0  .100  28  104   68  .654  166   79  .678   15   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 32.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1980 ALCS  NYA OAA   W    1  4.05   0-1   0  1   6.2   6   3   2   9
      WS    NYA LAN   L    1  2.25   1-0   0  1   8.0   4   2   2   6
 1982 ALCS  NYA CHA   L    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.1   3   0   1   5
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  CHN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1969  WAA   75-87   Larry Cupp
 1970  WAA   72-90   Larry Cupp
 1971  WAA   74-88   Larry Cupp
 1972  TEA   74-88   Larry Cupp
 1973  TEA   65-97   Larry Cupp
 1974  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  BAA   81-81   Mike Rescigno
 1978  SDN  101-61   Mike Tomeo
 1979  SDN   75-87   Mike Tomeo
 1980  NYA  105-57   Robert Rescigno
 1981  NYA   92-70   Robert Rescigno
 1982  NYA   95-67   Robert Rescigno

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