Rudy May | Major Leaguer 1965-1983

Full Name: Rudolph May Jr.
Born: July 18,1944 in Coffeyville, Kansas
Height: 6-3 Weight: 207 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Castlemont (Oakland,CA)
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Transactions: [Nov 5,1962] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Twins. [Dec 2,1963] - Selected by White Sox from Twins in first year minor league draft. [Oct 15,1964] - Traded by White Sox to Phillies for Joel Gibson and Bill Heath. [Dec 3,1964] - Traded by Phillies with Costen Shockley to Angels for Bo Belinsky. [Jun 15,1974] - Purchased by Yankees from Angels. [Jun 15,1976] - Traded by Yankees with Rick Dempsey, Scott McGregor, Dave Pagan and Tippy Martinez to Orioles for Jimmy Freeman, Ellie Hendricks, Grant Jackson, Doyle Alexander and Ken Holtzman. [Dec 7,1977] - Traded by Orioles with Bryn Smith and Randy Miller to Expos for Gary Roenicke, Joe Kerrigan and Don Stanhouse. [Nov 1,1979] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 8,1979] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1963	Bism/Mand	Northern	18	Min	A	11	11	4.29	24						168.0	142	100	80		120	173			7.61	---	6.43	9.27	1.56	--
1964	Tidewater	Caro	19	Chw	A+	13	6	2.55	20						155.0	107	52	44		98	187			6.21	---	5.69	10.86	1.32	--
	Indy	PCL	19	Chw	AAA	4	2	2.77	10						52.0	39	20	16		38	48			6.75	---	6.58	8.31	1.48	--
1965	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	4	9	3.92	30	19	2	1	3	0	124.0	111	59	54	7	78	76	9	0	8.06	0.51	5.66	5.52	1.52	48%
1966	El Paso	Tex	21	Cal	AA	0	0	3.60	2						5.0	4	2	2		7	4			7.20	---	12.60	7.20	2.20	--
	Seattle	PCL	21	Cal	AAA	3	1	5.10	7						30.0	36	18	17		15	12			10.80	---	4.50	3.60	1.70	--
1967	San Jose	Calif	22	Cal	A+	7	2	3.11	14						84.0	62	33	29		40	51			6.64	---	4.29	5.46	1.21	--
1968	El Paso	Tex	23	Cal	AA	8	7	4.47	22						129.0	133	71	64		39	112			9.28	---	2.72	7.81	1.33	--
1969	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	10	13	3.44	43	25	4	0	7	2	180.1	142	81	69	20	66	133	3	4	7.09	1.00	3.29	6.64	1.15	58%
1970	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	7	13	4.01	38	34	2	2	1	0	208.2	190	102	93	20	81	164	8	2	8.20	0.86	3.49	7.07	1.30	57%
1971	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	11	12	3.02	32	31	7	2	1	0	208.1	160	74	70	12	87	156	0	0	6.91	0.52	3.76	6.74	1.19	40%
1972	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	12	11	2.94	35	30	10	3	3	1	205.1	162	79	67	15	82	169	3	0	7.10	0.66	3.59	7.41	1.19	45%
1973	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	7	17	4.38	34	28	10	4	3	0	185.0	177	101	90	20	80	134	6	3	8.61	0.97	3.89	6.52	1.39	51%
1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	8	4	2.28	17	15	8	2	1	0	114.1	75	36	29	5	48	90	2	1	5.90	0.39	3.78	7.08	1.08	44%
	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	0	1	7.00	18	3	0	0	4	2	27.0	29	24	21	2	10	12	4	0	9.67	0.67	3.33	4.00	1.44	51%
1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	14	12	3.06	32	31	13	1	0	0	212.0	179	87	72	9	99	145	5	0	7.60	0.38	4.20	6.16	1.31	53%
1976	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	11	7	3.78	24	21	5	1	1	0	152.1	156	73	64	11	42	71	1	0	9.22	0.65	2.48	4.19	1.30	50%
	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	4	3	3.57	11	11	2	1	0	0	68.0	49	32	27	5	28	38	3	0	6.49	0.66	3.71	5.03	1.13	50%
1977	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	18	14	3.61	37	37	11	4	0	0	251.2	243	114	101	25	78	105	2	0	8.69	0.89	2.79	3.76	1.28	52%
1978	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	8	10	3.88	27	23	4	1	1	0	144.0	141	73	62	15	42	87	1	5	8.81	0.94	2.63	5.44	1.27	49%
1979	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	10	3	2.31	33	7	2	1	8	0	93.2	88	30	24	4	31	67	1	2	8.46	0.38	2.98	6.44	1.27	48%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	15	5	2.46	41	17	3	1	13	3	175.1	144	56	48	14	39	133	9	1	7.39	0.72	2.00	6.83	1.04	39%
1981	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	6	11	4.14	27	22	4	0	1	1	147.2	137	71	68	10	41	79	6	0	8.35	0.61	2.50	4.82	1.21	54%
1982	Columbus	IL	37	Nyy	AAA	0	0	4.92	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	2	2	1	4	5	1		2.46	2.46	9.84	12.30	1.37	--
	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	6	6	2.89	41	6	0	0	22	3	106.0	109	43	34	4	14	85	2	0	9.25	0.34	1.19	7.22	1.16	49%
1983	Columbus	IL	38	Nyy	AAA	0	0	2.46	4	1	0	0	2	0	7.1	5	2	2	0	3	6	2		6.14	0.00	3.68	7.37	1.09	--
	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	1	5	6.87	15	0	0	0	4	0	18.1	22	15	14	1	12	16	2	0	10.80	0.49	5.89	7.86	1.85	55%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						152	156	3.46	535	360	87	24	73	12	2,622.0	2314	1150	1007	199	958	1760	67	18	7.94	0.68	3.29	6.04	1.25	49%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						46	29	3.63	104						634.0	529	300	256		364	598			7.51	---	5.17	8.49	1.41	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1965	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	p	9	30	30	2	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	15	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.314	.300	614	53%
1969	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	p	9	44	49	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	0	0	1	0	1	.082	.151	.082	233	62%
1970	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	p	9	38	69	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	0	0	2	1	1	.087	.135	.116	251	74%
1971	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	p	9	32	68	2	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	40	0	0	2	0	1	.147	.194	.162	356	57%
1972	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	p	9	35	62	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	29	0	0	2	0	1	.113	.154	.129	283	62%
1973	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	p	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	p	9	27	42	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	0	0	7	0	0	.143	.200	.190	390	69%
1979	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	p	9	33	21	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	.143	.182	.143	325	62%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								536	341	12	42	9	0	0	14	0	0	22	164	2	0	17	1	4	.123	.180	.150	330	64%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	35		Ch	0	1	3.38	1		1			0	8.0	6		3		3	4			6.75	---	3.38	4.50	1.13	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	36		Div	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.0	1		0		0	1			4.50	---	0.00	4.50	0.50	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36		Ch	0	0	8.11	1		0			0	3.1	6		3		0	5			16.22	---	0.00	13.51	1.80	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36		Ws	0	0	2.84	3		0			0	6.1	5		2		1	5			7.11	---	1.42	7.11	0.95	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						0	1	3.66	6		1			0	19.2	18		8		4	15			8.24	---	1.83	6.86	1.12	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	Ws	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1965	California	AL	20	Cal	MLB	P	30		124	4	15	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1969	California	AL	24	Cal	MLB	P	43		180.1	6	26	6	38	3	-	-	-	.842	1.60

1970	California	AL	25	Cal	MLB	P	38		208.2	5	33	3	41	1	-	-	-	.927	1.64

1971	California	AL	26	Cal	MLB	P	32		208.1	7	31	4	42	3	-	-	-	.905	1.64

1972	California	AL	27	Cal	MLB	P	35		205.1	2	24	5	31	2	-	-	-	.839	1.14

1973	California	AL	28	Cal	MLB	P	34		185	2	39	1	42	0	-	-	-	.976	1.99

1974	California	AL	29	Cal	MLB	P	18		27	0	11	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.67
1974	NY Yankees	AL	29	Nyy	MLB	P	17		114.1	4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	.94

1975	NY Yankees	AL	30	Nyy	MLB	P	32		212	9	25	2	36	0	-	-	-	.944	1.44

1976	Baltimore	AL	31	Bal	MLB	P	24		152.1	9	21	4	34	2	-	-	-	.882	1.77
1976	NY Yankees	AL	31	Nyy	MLB	P	11		68	4	10	1	15	1	-	-	-	.933	1.85

1977	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	P	37		251.2	6	33	4	43	1	-	-	-	.907	1.39

1978	Montreal	NL	33	Mtl	MLB	P	27		144	5	15	3	23	2	-	-	-	.870	1.25

1979	Montreal	NL	34	Mtl	MLB	P	33		93.2	6	15	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.02

1980	NY Yankees	AL	35	Nyy	MLB	P	41		175.1	5	26	2	33	2	-	-	-	.939	1.59

1981	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	27		147.2	11	28	1	40	0	-	-	-	.975	2.38

1982	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	41		106	2	19	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	1.78

1983	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	P	15		18.1	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.47

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[1989] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

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