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Carlos May played 10 major-league seasons (1968-1977) as a OF (677), 1B (211). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 10 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 20 | CHA | 17 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .179 | .408 | 29 |
| 1969 | 21 | CHA | 100 | 367 | 62 | 103 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 58 | 66 | .281 | .873 | 151 |
| 1970 | 22 | CHA | 150 | 555 | 83 | 158 | 12 | 68 | 12 | 79 | 96 | .285 | .788 | 125 |
| 1971 | 23 | CHA | 141 | 500 | 64 | 147 | 7 | 70 | 16 | 62 | 61 | .294 | .781 | 130 |
| 1972 | 24 | CHA | 148 | 523 | 83 | 161 | 12 | 68 | 23 | 79 | 70 | .308 | .843 | 160 |
| 1973 | 25 | CHA | 149 | 553 | 62 | 148 | 20 | 96 | 8 | 53 | 73 | .268 | .747 | 110 |
| 1974 | 26 | CHA | 149 | 551 | 66 | 137 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 46 | 76 | .249 | .640 | 85 |
| 1975 | 27 | CHA | 128 | 454 | 55 | 123 | 8 | 53 | 12 | 67 | 46 | .271 | .747 | 112 |
| 1976 | 28 | CHA|NYA | 107 | 351 | 45 | 91 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 43 | 37 | .259 | .677 | 100 |
| 1977 | 29 | NYA|CAL | 76 | 199 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 25 | .236 | .623 | 71 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | OF | 17 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 100 | 98 | 154 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 141 | 141 | 203 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 1B | 7 | 7 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| 1971 | 1B | 130 | 123 | 1189 | 71 | 18 | 90 |
| 1971 | OF | 9 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 145 | 144 | 215 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 1972 | 1B | 5 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | OF | 70 | 70 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 129 | 126 | 245 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1B | 63 | 62 | 508 | 46 | 6 | 54 |
| 1975 | OF | 46 | 45 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 16 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1973, 1972, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 3 | 5 / 24 | 5 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
Carlos May ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #81 | designated hitters | 1973 | 110 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.