Milt May

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Full Name: Milton Scott May	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: September 8, 1970
Birthdate: August 1, 1950	Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Milt May (Milton Scott May) was born on August 1, 1950 in Gary, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1970 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1972, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. May played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Milt May's best season was 1974, when he hit for a .289 average and knocked in 54 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	PIT	N	5	4	1	2	0	2	.500	.600	.750	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1971	PIT	N	49	126	15	35	6	25	.278	.321	.429	1	0	9	16	0	0	0	3	6
1972	PIT	N	57	139	12	39	0	14	.281	.325	.353	10	0	10	13	0	0	0	2	3
1973	PIT	N	101	283	29	76	7	31	.269	.349	.378	8	1	34	26	2	1	0	12	9
1974	HOU	N	127	405	47	117	7	54	.289	.349	.402	17	4	39	33	1	3	0	8	9
1975	HOU	N	111	386	29	93	4	52	.241	.287	.316	15	1	26	41	0	4	1	3	7
1976	DET	A	6	25	2	7	0	1	.280	.280	.320	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1977	DET	A	115	397	32	99	12	46	.249	.291	.378	9	3	26	31	0	8	0	2	14
1978	DET	A	105	352	24	88	10	37	.250	.305	.361	9	0	27	26	2	4	0	3	13
1979	DET	A	6	11	1	3	0	3	.273	.333	.455	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
1979	CHI	A	65	202	23	51	7	28	.252	.306	.421	13	0	14	27	2	2	0	1	3
1979	TOT	A	71	213	24	54	7	31	.254	.307	.423	15	0	15	28	2	2	0	2	4
1980	SF	N	111	358	27	93	6	50	.260	.305	.366	16	2	25	40	1	3	0	4	13
1981	SF	N	97	316	20	98	2	33	.310	.376	.383	17	0	34	29	0	3	1	10	7
1982	SF	N	114	395	29	104	9	39	.263	.311	.380	19	0	28	38	0	5	0	8	4
1983	SF	N	66	186	18	46	6	20	.247	.324	.376	6	0	21	23	0	1	2	6	6
1983	PIT	N	7	12	0	3	0	0	.250	.308	.250	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
1983	TOT	N	73	198	18	49	6	20	.247	.323	.369	6	0	22	24	0	1	2	7	6
1984	PIT	N	50	96	4	17	1	8	.177	.255	.240	3	0	10	15	0	1	0	1	3
Total	NL		895	2706	231	723	48	328	.267	.325	.368	113	8	237	275	5	21	4	58	67
Total	AL		297	987	82	248	29	115	.251	.299	.380	34	3	68	86	4	14	0	7	31
Total			1192	3693	313	971	77	443	.263	.318	.371	147	11	305	361	9	35	4	65	98

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	PIT	N	C	31	31	260	168	12	0	3	0	5	4	7	0	1.000
1972	PIT	N	C	33	33	285	179	21	3	2	0	1	12	12	2	.985
1973	PIT	N	C	79	78	666.2	402	36	12	4	0	5	39	20	1	.973
1974	HOU	N	C	116	109	955.1	525	63	4	10	0	9	70	41	1	.993
1975	HOU	N	C	103	99	863	568	70	9	8	0	18	65	47	3	.986
1976	DET	A	C	6	6	53.2	33	5	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1.000
1977	DET	A	C	111	107	973.1	551	78	9	12	0	0	62	49	1	.986
1978	DET	A	C	94	89	802.2	406	58	10	5	0	5	55	35	0	.979
1979	DET	A	C	5	2	25	19	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.000
1979	CHI	A	C	65	59	507	277	27	6	1	0	7	36	22	0	.981
1979	TOT	A	C	70	61	532	296	28	6	1	0	7	41	22	0	.982
1980	SF	N	C	103	94	827	500	59	8	12	0	3	91	43	0	.986
1981	SF	N	C	93	86	765.1	468	48	6	4	0	4	89	33	1	.989
1982	SF	N	C	110	100	904.1	552	61	8	5	0	4	117	62	1	.987
1983	SF	N	C	56	49	436	285	32	6	5	0	0	50	22	1	.981
1983	PIT	N	C	4	3	25	23	3	0	0	0	1	5	3	0	1.000
1983	TOT	N	C	60	52	461	308	35	6	5	0	1	55	25	1	.983
1984	PIT	N	C	26	22	190	135	15	1	2	0	0	20	7	0	.993
Total			C	1035	967	8539.1	5091	589	82	73	0	62	724	407	11	.986

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Houston Astros in exchange for Jerry Reuss (October 31, 1973).
Traded by Houston Astros with Dave Roberts and Jim Crawford to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Leon Roberts, Terry Humphrey, Gene Pentz and Mark Lemongello (December 6, 1975).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox (May 27, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 12, 1979).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with cash to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Steve Nicosia (August 19, 1983).
Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).

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