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Lee May played 18 major-league seasons (1965-1982) as a 1B (1,507), OF (88). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 22 | CIN | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1966 | 23 | CIN | 25 | 75 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .333 | .840 | 138 |
| 1967 | 24 | CIN | 127 | 438 | 54 | 116 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 19 | 80 | .265 | .730 | 115 |
| 1968 | 25 | CIN | 146 | 559 | 78 | 162 | 22 | 80 | 4 | 34 | 100 | .290 | .805 | 149 |
| 1969 | 26 | CIN | 158 | 607 | 85 | 169 | 38 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 142 | .278 | .860 | 146 |
| 1970 | 27 | CIN | 153 | 605 | 78 | 153 | 34 | 94 | 1 | 38 | 125 | .253 | .782 | 114 |
| 1971 | 28 | CIN | 147 | 553 | 85 | 154 | 39 | 98 | 3 | 42 | 135 | .278 | .864 | 150 |
| 1972 | 29 | HOU | 148 | 592 | 87 | 168 | 29 | 98 | 3 | 52 | 145 | .284 | .833 | 143 |
| 1973 | 30 | HOU | 148 | 545 | 65 | 147 | 28 | 105 | 1 | 34 | 122 | .270 | .789 | 124 |
| 1974 | 31 | HOU | 152 | 556 | 59 | 149 | 24 | 85 | 1 | 17 | 97 | .268 | .738 | 111 |
| 1975 | 32 | BAL | 146 | 580 | 67 | 152 | 20 | 99 | 1 | 36 | 91 | .262 | .732 | 106 |
| 1976 | 33 | BAL | 148 | 530 | 61 | 137 | 25 | 109 | 4 | 41 | 104 | .258 | .759 | 121 |
| 1977 | 34 | BAL | 150 | 585 | 75 | 148 | 27 | 99 | 2 | 38 | 119 | .253 | .722 | 95 |
| 1978 | 35 | BAL | 148 | 556 | 56 | 137 | 25 | 80 | 5 | 31 | 110 | .246 | .700 | 95 |
| 1979 | 36 | BAL | 124 | 456 | 59 | 116 | 19 | 69 | 3 | 28 | 100 | .254 | .709 | 90 |
| 1980 | 37 | BAL | 78 | 222 | 20 | 54 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 53 | .243 | .690 | 88 |
| 1981 | 38 | KCA | 26 | 55 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .291 | .673 | 95 |
| 1982 | 39 | KCA | 42 | 91 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .308 | .898 | 145 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1B | 16 | 16 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 1967 | 1B | 81 | 68 | 621 | 43 | 4 | 49 |
| 1967 | OF | 48 | 47 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1B | 122 | 112 | 1040 | 70 | 5 | 86 |
| 1968 | OF | 33 | 24 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1B | 156 | 154 | 1387 | 102 | 11 | 128 |
| 1969 | OF | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1B | 153 | 153 | 1362 | 109 | 10 | 143 |
| 1971 | 1B | 143 | 143 | 1261 | 78 | 8 | 118 |
| 1972 | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1318 | 76 | 6 | 133 |
| 1973 | 1B | 144 | 144 | 1220 | 78 | 9 | 112 |
| 1974 | 1B | 145 | 143 | 1253 | 88 | 8 | 116 |
| 1975 | 1B | 144 | 142 | 1312 | 106 | 10 | 138 |
| 1976 | 1B | 94 | 93 | 722 | 62 | 3 | 61 |
| 1977 | 1B | 110 | 108 | 907 | 56 | 5 | 101 |
| 1978 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1979 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1B | 7 | 6 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1981 | 1B | 8 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1982 | 1B | 32 | 27 | 175 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
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.
Lee May won: TSN All-Star 1971 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 33 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 28 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 30 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 51 / 336 | 0 |
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.