Pinky May stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1943

Age 115

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Pinky May played 5 MLB seasons, 1939 to 1943.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
665
AB
2,215
R
210
H
610
HR
4
RBI
215
SB
13
AVG
.275
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1939PHI135464491332624.287
1940PHI136501591471482.293
1941PHI142490461310392.267
1942PHI11534525820183.238
1943PHI137415311171482.282

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,546
TB
746
XBH
117
HBP
9
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1939PHI531172321000
1940PHI571178274000
1941PHI555156212000
1942PHI40897151000
1943PHI481143221000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
11.7
RC
299.0
RC/27
4.80
ISOP
.061
SECA
.185
BB/K
2.16
AB/HR
553.8
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1939PHI1.665.35.0840.22.12320
1940PHI3.573.65.5.0620.21.85010
1941PHI2.160.64.5.0510.21.800
1942PHI1.939.63.9.0430.2300
1943PHI2.6605.3.0630.22.74150

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
115 yearsJan 18, 1911
Debut
1939

What were Pinky May's career stats?

Pinky May played 5 seasons for the Phillies. He was a career .275 hitter with 610 hits, 4 home runs and 215 RBI. His best season was 1940: a .293 batting average, 1 home run and 48 RBI.

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