Milt May
Milton Scott May
Born: August 1, 1950
Gary, IN USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1970-1984
Draft: Round 11 (1968 June Amateur Draft, Pittsburgh Pirates)
School: St. Petersburg HS (FL)
Minor League Statistics
Milt May compiled a career batting average of .263 with 77 home runs and 443 RBI in his 1192-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants. He began playing during the 1970 season and last took the field during the 1984 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 137 | 126 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .278 | .321 | .429 | .750 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 151 | 139 | 12 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .281 | .325 | .353 | .677 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 101 | 322 | 283 | 29 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 26 | .269 | .349 | .378 | .727 | 107 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 1974 | NL | Houston Astros | 127 | 453 | 405 | 47 | 117 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 33 | .289 | .349 | .402 | .751 | 163 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1975 | NL | Houston Astros | 111 | 419 | 386 | 29 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 41 | .241 | .287 | .316 | .603 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 1976 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 115 | 438 | 397 | 32 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | .249 | .291 | .378 | .669 | 150 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 1978 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 105 | 387 | 352 | 24 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | .250 | .305 | .361 | .666 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 1979 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .455 | .788 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 65 | 221 | 202 | 23 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .252 | .306 | .421 | .727 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 111 | 393 | 358 | 27 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 40 | .260 | .305 | .366 | .671 | 131 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 1981 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 97 | 354 | 316 | 20 | 98 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 29 | .310 | .376 | .383 | .759 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 1982 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 114 | 429 | 395 | 29 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | .263 | .311 | .380 | .691 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 1983 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 66 | 208 | 186 | 18 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 23 | .247 | .324 | .376 | .700 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1983 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 107 | 96 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .177 | .255 | .240 | .494 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 1192 | 4074 | 3693 | 313 | 971 | 147 | 11 | 77 | 443 | 4 | 13 | 305 | 361 | .263 | .318 | .371 | .689 | 1371 | 98 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 65 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 31 | 31 | 260.0 | 168 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 5.806 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 63.6 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 33 | 33 | 285.0 | 179 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 6.316 | 6.061 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 50.0 |
| 1973 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 79 | 78 | 666.7 | 402 | 36 | 12 | 4 | .973 | 5.913 | 5.544 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 20 | 33.9 |
| 1974 | NL | Houston Astros | C | 116 | 109 | 955.3 | 525 | 63 | 4 | 10 | .993 | 5.539 | 5.069 | 9 | 0 | 70 | 41 | 36.9 |
| 1975 | NL | Houston Astros | C | 102 | 99 | 863.0 | 568 | 70 | 9 | 8 | .986 | 6.654 | 6.255 | 18 | 0 | 65 | 47 | 42.0 |
| 1976 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 6 | 6 | 53.7 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.373 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 |
| 1977 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 111 | 107 | 973.3 | 551 | 78 | 9 | 12 | .986 | 5.816 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 49 | 44.1 |
| 1978 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 94 | 89 | 802.7 | 406 | 58 | 10 | 5 | .979 | 5.203 | 4.936 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 35 | 38.9 |
| 1979 | AL | Chicago White Sox | C | 65 | 59 | 507.0 | 277 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 5.396 | 4.677 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 37.9 |
| 1979 | AL | Detroit Tigers | C | 5 | 2 | 25.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.200 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | NL | San Francisco Giants | C | 103 | 94 | 826.0 | 500 | 59 | 8 | 12 | .986 | 6.091 | 5.427 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 43 | 32.1 |
| 1981 | NL | San Francisco Giants | C | 93 | 86 | 765.3 | 468 | 48 | 6 | 4 | .989 | 6.068 | 5.548 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 33 | 27.0 |
| 1982 | NL | San Francisco Giants | C | 110 | 100 | 904.3 | 552 | 61 | 8 | 5 | .987 | 6.101 | 5.573 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 62 | 34.6 |
| 1983 | NL | San Francisco Giants | C | 56 | 49 | 436.0 | 285 | 32 | 6 | 5 | .981 | 6.544 | 5.661 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 | 30.6 |
| 1983 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 4 | 3 | 25.0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.360 | 6.500 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 37.5 |
| 1984 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | C | 26 | 22 | 190.0 | 135 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 7.105 | 5.769 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 25.9 |
| Totals | 1034 | 967 | 8538.3 | 5091 | 589 | 82 | 73 | .986 | 5.987 | 5.493 | 62 | 0 | 724 | 407 | 36.0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | C | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 9.000 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 9.000 |
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