2B Bill May #18
Los Angeles Blockbusters MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/31/1974
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2B BILL MAY #18 - AGE: 27 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
105 380 116 25 4 5 65 35 37 .305 .361 .432 7 2.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 60 65 60 65
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 35 35 35 35
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 60 60 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 60 20
Errors: - 50 50
Arm: 20 55 55
Turn DP: - 55 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 40
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 20 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 55 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 65
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 75
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1974 @ DEN Win, 10-4 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
07/30/1974 @ DEN Win, 7-6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1974 SDC Win, 3-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1974 SDC Loss, 1-2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/27/1974 SDC Win, 2-1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
07/26/1974 WAS Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/25/1974 WAS Loss, 8-10 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/24/1974 WAS Loss, 10-13 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
07/22/1974 NYK Loss, 2-6 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
07/21/1974 NYK Win, 3-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Just an average Joe.
Low: Loyalty
Birthday:06/24/1947
Born in:Essex, MD
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$44,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 31 Days
Service This Yr:113 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 26th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 105 380 116 25 4 5 65 42 35 37 .305 .361 .432 .793 .359 .126 132
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 96 421 0 1 0 4 3 3 164 34 7 3 70.0 61.4 5.99 2.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   107 26 5 1 3 19 13 10 12 2 0 0 .243 .303 .393 .695
Versus Right   273 90 20 3 2 46 29 25 25 1 3 0 .330 .385 .447 .832
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   9 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Last Week   24 5 3 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 .208 .269 .333 .603
April   73 34 7 3 1 19 9 6 8 0 0 0 .466 .506 .685 1.191
May   109 31 4 0 3 18 14 10 8 0 2 0 .284 .345 .404 .748
June   97 27 8 0 1 18 12 12 9 3 0 0 .278 .348 .392 .740
July   101 24 6 1 0 10 7 7 12 0 1 0 .238 .287 .317 .604
All-Star Game   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   100 29 4 0 2 7 16 14 4 0 0 0 .290 .377 .390 .767
Last Year   179 44 6 0 6 22 16 13 19 0 5 1 .246 .301 .380 .680
2 Years Ago   181 45 10 2 1 17 15 8 26 1 4 0 .249 .279 .343 .621
Career   1918 534 87 21 31 223 217 112 273 11 52 6 .278 .319 .394 .713
Home   181 55 16 2 1 38 20 18 17 2 1 0 .304 .363 .431 .794
Road   199 61 9 2 4 27 22 17 20 1 2 0 .307 .359 .432 .792
Grass   380 116 25 4 5 65 42 35 37 3 3 0 .305 .361 .432 .793
Day   224 73 12 3 4 40 30 20 18 1 2 0 .326 .380 .460 .839
Night   156 43 13 1 1 25 12 15 19 2 1 0 .276 .335 .391 .726
As Starter   375 114 25 4 5 65 41 34 36 3 3 0 .304 .359 .432 .791
As Reliever / Substitution   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Close/Late   95 24 6 0 4 18 12 7 11 1 0 0 .253 .301 .442 .743
Inning 1-3   113 32 11 1 1 25 8 14 14 1 0 0 .283 .359 .425 .784
Inning 4-6   143 48 7 3 0 17 21 12 11 0 3 0 .336 .387 .427 .814
Inning 7-9   117 34 7 0 4 23 11 6 11 2 0 0 .291 .320 .453 .773
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 .286 .500 .286 .786
0 Outs   134 37 13 0 2 20 21 10 12 0 3 0 .276 .326 .418 .744
1 Outs   117 37 7 1 1 23 12 15 12 3 0 0 .316 .385 .419 .804
2 Outs   129 42 5 3 2 22 9 10 13 0 0 0 .326 .374 .457 .831
Scoring Position   127 43 8 1 3 62 14 13 14 3 3 0 .339 .392 .488 .880
Bases Empty   192 53 12 3 2 2 22 16 14 0 0 0 .276 .332 .401 .733
Runner on 1st   61 20 5 0 0 1 6 6 9 0 0 0 .328 .388 .410 .798
Runner on 2nd   40 14 3 1 0 10 3 5 4 0 2 0 .350 .422 .475 .897
Runner on 3rd   15 6 1 0 1 11 2 1 1 1 1 0 .400 .412 .667 1.078
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 3 1 0 1 4 3 4 7 0 0 0 .100 .206 .233 .439
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 5 1 0 0 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 .417 .400 .500 .900
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 5 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 .385 .385 .385 .769
Bases Loaded   17 10 2 0 1 22 3 2 1 0 0 0 .588 .632 .882 1.514
Two Strikes   118 21 8 1 1 14 12 11 37 1 0 0 .178 .246 .288 .534
First Pitch   88 32 5 1 2 11 8 1 0 0 1 0 .364 .371 .511 .882
Count 0-1   40 14 1 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .350 .350 .500 .850
Count 0-2   19 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 .105 .105 .158 .263
Count 1-0   35 15 5 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Count 1-1   41 15 2 1 1 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 .366 .366 .537 .902
Count 1-2   41 5 2 0 0 4 2 0 13 0 0 0 .122 .122 .171 .293
Count 2-0   11 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 2-1   32 10 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .312 .375 .688
Count 2-2   33 6 3 1 0 5 3 0 10 1 0 0 .182 .176 .333 .510
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   15 5 1 0 0 4 5 15 0 2 1 0 .333 .625 .400 1.025
Full Count   25 8 2 0 1 3 6 11 7 0 0 0 .320 .528 .520 1.048
Behind in Count   100 21 4 1 1 12 8 0 20 0 0 0 .210 .210 .300 .510
Ahead in Count   93 34 9 0 0 23 13 23 0 2 1 0 .366 .483 .462 .945
Batting 2nd   45 11 4 1 0 2 5 5 7 0 2 0 .244 .320 .378 .698
Batting 4th   26 5 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 .192 .290 .192 .483
Batting 5th   234 70 13 1 5 40 27 20 22 2 1 0 .299 .352 .427 .779
Batting 6th   72 29 8 2 0 20 8 5 5 0 0 0 .403 .442 .569 1.011
Batting 7th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 9th   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Low Leverage   141 43 8 3 1 8 9 8 13 0 0 0 .305 .342 .426 .768
Medium Leverage   146 39 8 1 2 19 18 17 14 2 3 0 .267 .339 .377 .716
High Leverage   93 34 9 0 2 38 15 10 10 1 0 0 .366 .423 .527 .950
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Kansas City - MLB 19 8 26 8 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 .308 .357 .385 .742 127 125 -0.1
1968 Kansas City - MLB 20 70 245 67 4 3 2 17 25 11 0 2 39 5 3 .273 .302 .339 .641 100 89 0.0
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 21 99 314 90 12 4 10 38 44 13 0 1 53 2 1 .287 .314 .446 .760 122 117 2.1
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 22 129 347 97 18 6 4 42 42 22 3 4 58 3 2 .280 .324 .401 .725 100 94 1.4
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 23 96 246 67 10 2 3 20 31 8 2 0 38 6 2 .272 .301 .366 .667 95 83 0.7
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 95 181 45 10 2 1 17 15 8 0 1 26 3 2 .249 .279 .343 .621 82 82 -0.1
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 90 179 44 6 0 6 22 16 13 1 0 19 2 5 .246 .301 .380 .680 90 87 0.1
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 26 105 380 116 25 4 5 65 42 35 0 3 37 7 3 .305 .361 .432 .793 122 132 2.6
Total MLB 692 1918 534 87 21 31 223 217 112 6 11 273 28 19 .278 .319 .394 .713 105 102 6.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1965 Total - 17 21 93 46 13 4 3 30 40 9 1 0 4 14 3 .495 .544 .817 1.361 100 100 2.4
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 23 5 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 -22 0.7
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -101 -0.5
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 9 8 4 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .545 .875 1.420 292 271 0.1
Total MLB 16 17 5 0 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 .294 .350 .471 .821 145 131
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Kansas City - MLB 2B 5 4 5 11 2 16 0 1.000 37.0 3.89 -0.3 .959
1967 Kansas City - MLB SS 4 2 3 10 0 16 3 .812 25.0 4.68 -1.1 .817
1968 Kansas City - MLB 2B 36 33 64 103 16 171 4 .977 298.2 5.03 -1.1 .971
1968 Kansas City - MLB 3B 27 21 6 36 1 53 11 .792 202.0 1.87 -7.4 .790
1968 Kansas City - MLB SS 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.1 2.08 -0.0 1.071
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 81 76 191 206 42 406 9 .978 655.1 5.45 +1.2 .986
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.1 .000
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 13 1 6 5 0 12 1 .917 26.2 3.71 -0.4 .900
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 90 73 209 252 64 473 12 .975 682.1 6.08 +5.0 1.044
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.0 1.050
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 16 0 6 10 2 18 2 .889 26.2 5.40 -0.8 .868
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 52 47 125 150 40 281 6 .979 432.2 5.72 +6.2 1.102
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 6 0 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 13.1 2.02 +0.2 1.043
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 23 0 12 13 0 26 1 .962 50.2 4.44 -0.9 .873
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 1B 7 1 13 3 3 16 0 1.000 15.2 9.19 +0.1 1.027
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 18 14 38 40 11 81 3 .963 125.0 5.62 +0.8 1.012
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 16 8 5 22 1 30 3 .900 82.0 2.96 -2.0 .956
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 39 10 29 64 8 99 6 .939 162.1 5.16 -3.5 .906
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 21 17 44 46 15 92 2 .978 147.0 5.51 -0.7 .941
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.6 .000
1973 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 33 13 35 70 12 110 5 .955 171.1 5.52 -1.3 .937
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 12 7 14 16 1 30 0 1.000 63.2 4.24 +1.4 1.220
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 95 89 64 187 15 267 16 .940 798.2 2.83 -7.5 .952
1974 Los Angeles - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 8 1 13 3 3 16 0 1.000 16.2 8.64 +0.1 1.027
TOTAL 2B 315 271 690 824 191 1550 36 .977 2441.2 5.58 +12.6 1.022
TOTAL 3B 154 118 76 251 18 358 31 .913 1115.0 2.64 -17.4 .926
TOTAL SS 132 26 91 173 22 282 18 .936 467.0 5.09 -8.2 .907
PLAYER HISTORY
12/13/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 26, 54th overall pick) by the Dallas Wranglers, out of high school Delcastle Vo-Tech (Delcastle Vo-Tech; Wilmington, DE).
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (60); Power: 20 (35); Eye: 25 (45).
04/12/1966 Named the #40 prospect in the MLB
07/07/1966 Named the #32 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1966 Named the #18 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 20 (35); Eye: 30 (45).
04/11/1967 Named the #38 prospect in the MLB
07/06/1967 Named the #20 prospect in the MLB
07/31/1967 Was traded by the Dallas Wranglers to the Kansas City Bulls, along with a 1st round draft pick, in exchange for 3B Joe Rafferty.
10/20/1967 Named the #31 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 35 (45).
04/09/1968 Named the #42 prospect in the MLB
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
12/23/1968 Was traded by the Kansas City Bulls to the Pittsburgh Industrials in exchange for 1B Bob Navel and a 2nd round draft pick.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (70); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
06/10/1969 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/14/1969 Injured (strained back muscle),out for 3 weeks.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (70); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
03/29/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Pittsburgh Industrials development complex.
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $61,710.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/05/1971 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $86,000 with the Pittsburgh Industrials organization.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (45).
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $110,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (45).
08/01/1973 Injured (sore back),out for one week.
10/17/1973 Wins the 1973 World Series with the Pittsburgh Industrials.
11/06/1973 Became a free agent.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (45).
02/03/1974 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $176,000 with the Los Angeles Blockbusters organization.
04/15/1974 Goes 5-5 against the San Diego Captains, with 1 2B, 4 RBI and 1 R.
07/07/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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