Merrill May

Name Note: Name presented as Pinky May in some sources

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: January 18, 1911 in Laconia, IN us

Died: September 4, 2000 in Corydon, IN

Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN

School: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

Debut: April 21, 1939 (Age 28-093d, 8,631st in major league history)
vs. BRO 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1943 (Age 32-258d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Merrill Glend May

Nicknames: Pinky

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Relatives: Father of Milt May

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.3

2215

610

.275

210

RBI

215

OBP

.354

SLG

.337

OPS

.691

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHI		BSN	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	GS	29	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
4	5	Apr 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	6	Apr 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
6	16 (9)	Apr 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17	May 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
8	18	May 2	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	19	May 3 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	20	May 3 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	21	May 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	22	May 6	PHI	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	23	May 9	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	3
14	24	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	26 (1)	May 11	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	28 (1)	May 13	PHI		STL	L,1-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	34 (5)	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,3-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	35	May 21	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	GF	30	7.1	1	0	0	1	0
19	36	May 22	PHI		BSN	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	46 (9)	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	52 (5)	Jun 7 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	54 (1)	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	56 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-9	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
24	57	Jun 14 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
25	59 (1)	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	L,1-6	GF	16	4.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	61 (1)	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	64 (2)	Jun 23	PHI		CHC	L,4-8	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	65	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
29	69 (3)	Jun 29	PHI		BRO	L,3-10	GF	14	2.0	0	2	1	3	0
30	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-14	GF	28	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
32	73	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	74	Jul 5 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	75	Jul 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
35	76	Jul 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	78	Jul 12 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	79	Jul 12 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	80	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	81	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	82	Jul 15 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
42	83	Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	84	Jul 17	PHI	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	86	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	87	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	88	Jul 21	PHI		STL	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
48	89	Jul 22	PHI		STL	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	90	Jul 23	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	91	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	92	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
52	93	Jul 26 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
53	94	Jul 28 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
54	95	Jul 28 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
55	96	Jul 30	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	97	Aug 1	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	0	1	0	1	1
57	98	Aug 2 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
58	99	Aug 2 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
59	100	Aug 4	PHI		BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	101	Aug 5	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	102	Aug 7	PHI		NYG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
62	103	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	0	3	1	4	2
63	104	Aug 9 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	105	Aug 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
65	106	Aug 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
66	107	Aug 14	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	108	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	109	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	2	1	4	0
69	110	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
70	111	Aug 18	PHI		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	112	Aug 22 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	44	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
72	113	Aug 22 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	114	Aug 23 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	115	Aug 23 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	116	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	117	Aug 26 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	1
77	118	Aug 26 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	119	Aug 28 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
79	120	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
80	121	Aug 29	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
81	122	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	123	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	124	Aug 31	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	125	Sep 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
85	126	Sep 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
86	127	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	128	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	129	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
89	130	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	131	Sep 10	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	3	5	0	8	0
91	132	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	L,5-8	CG	48	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
92	133	Sep 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
93	134	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
94	135	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	136	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
96	137	Sep 15	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	56	14.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	138	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	139	Sep 16 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
99	140	Sep 17	PHI		CHC	L,0-8	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	141	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	48	10.2	1	3	0	4	1
101	142	Sep 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
102	143	Sep 20 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	144	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	145	Sep 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
105	146	Sep 24 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-8	GS	28	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	148 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	150 (1)	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	151	Sep 27	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							107gm		849.0	109	227	13	349	23