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Historical player · 1965–1982

Lee May

B/T R/R · HT 75 · WT 195 · Born 3/23/1943 · From Birmingham, AL USA · Debut 1965-09-01 · Final 1982-09-24

Career · batting

2,071

7,609

2,031

354

RBI

1,244

487

AVG/OPS

0.267 · 0.772

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1965–1971

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147

#19 on the Reds

↑ 5 J. Morgan

↓ 14 D. Driessen

Hits

779

#55 on the Reds

↑ 2 R. Sanders

↓ 19 J. Corkhill

RBI

449

#35 on the Reds

↑ 12 H. Morris

↓ 12 J. Corkhill

#207 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Esmond

↓ 1 B. Herman

Runs

395

#59 on the Reds

↑ 1 D. Hoblitzell

↓ 11 G. Smith

178

#99 on the Reds

↑ 2 H. Lobert

↓ 1 S. Bohne

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1975–1980

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123

#21 on the Orioles

↑ 1 J. Gentile

↓ 2 V. Stephens

Hits

744

#49 on the Orioles

↑ 22 T. Jones

↓ 4 L. Aparicio

RBI

487

#26 on the Orioles

↑ 22 M. McManus

↓ 2 H. Severeid

#139 on the Orioles

↑ 1 T. Francona

↓ 1 J. Busby

Runs

338

#60 on the Orioles

↑ 6 J. Conine

↓ 7 G. Triandos

189

#99 on the Orioles

↑ 1 M. Tejada

↓ 4 L. Lary

Career with the Houston Astros · 1972–1974

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#26 on the Astros

↑ 6 K. Bass

↓ 2 M. Gonzalez

Hits

464

#54 on the Astros

↑ 2 J. Edwards

↓ 3 M. Brantley

RBI

288

#39 on the Astros

↑ 5 E. Gattis

↓ 6 D. Menke

#144 on the Astros

↑ 1 J. Castro

↓ 1 J. Amalfitano

Runs

211

#55 on the Astros

↑ 3 E. Gattis

↓ 7 G. Gross

103

#77 on the Astros

↑ 1 R. Knight

↓ 1 J. Bateman

Career with the Kansas City Royals · 1981–1982

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#227 on the Royals

↑ 1 C. Ambres

↓ 1 J. Zdeb

Hits

#254 on the Royals

↑ 1 E. Bonifacio

↓ 1 J. McEwing

RBI

#242 on the Royals

↑ 1 L. Alcaraz

↓ 1 M. Viloria

Runs

#285 on the Royals

↑ 1 W. Delgado

↓ 1 R. Ankiel

#240 on the Royals

↑ 1 D. Blanco

↓ 1 C. Ambres

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

354

#98 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Vaughn

↓ 1 T. Hunter

Hits

2,031

#279 all-time MLB

↑ 3 R. Ibanez

↓ 2 K. Singleton

RBI

1,244

#139 all-time MLB

↑ 3 B. Doerr

↓ 5 G. Foster

#2,127 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Baldwin

↓ 1 J. Agler

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	Reds	NL	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1966	Reds	NL	25	75	14	25	5	1	2	10	0	0	14	0.333	0.333	0.507
1967	Reds	NL	127	438	54	116	29	2	12	57	4	19	80	0.265	0.308	0.422
1968	Reds	NL	146	559	78	162	32	1	22	80	4	34	100	0.290	0.337	0.469
1969	Reds	NL	158	607	85	169	32	3	38	110	5	45	142	0.278	0.331	0.529
1970	Reds	NL	153	605	78	153	34	2	34	94	1	38	125	0.253	0.297	0.484
1971	Reds	NL	147	553	85	154	17	3	39	98	3	42	135	0.278	0.332	0.532
1972	Astros	NL	148	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	3	52	145	0.284	0.343	0.490
1973	Astros	NL	148	545	65	147	24	3	28	105	1	34	122	0.270	0.310	0.479
1974	Astros	NL	152	556	59	149	26	0	24	85	1	17	97	0.268	0.294	0.444
1975	Orioles	AL	146	580	67	152	28	3	20	99	1	36	91	0.262	0.308	0.424
1976	Orioles	AL	148	530	61	137	17	4	25	109	4	41	104	0.258	0.312	0.447
1977	Orioles	AL	150	585	75	148	16	2	27	99	2	38	119	0.253	0.296	0.426
1978	Orioles	AL	148	556	56	137	16	1	25	80	5	31	110	0.246	0.286	0.414
1979	Orioles	AL	124	456	59	116	15	0	19	69	3	28	100	0.254	0.297	0.412
1980	Orioles	AL	78	222	20	54	10	2	7	31	2	15	53	0.243	0.289	0.401
1981	Royals	AL	26	55	3	16	3	0	0	8	0	3	14	0.291	0.328	0.345
1982	Royals	AL	42	91	12	28	5	2	3	12	0	14	18	0.308	0.393	0.505
Career			2,071	7,609	959	2,031	340	31	354	1,244	39	487	1,570	0.267	0.313	0.459

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1,507	1,468	12,637.7	12,885	894	88	1,235
OF	88	74	660.0	144	6	2	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2009	Veterans - 1943 and Later			Ballot
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1988	BBWAA	3	321	Ballot