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Rudy May

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 18, 1944 in Coffeyville, KS us

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1965 (Age 20-274d, 12,343rd in major league history)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 1 H, 10 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1983 (Age 39-065d)
vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Rudolph May

Nicknames: E.T.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.4

152

156

ERA

3.46

535

360

2622.0

1760

WHIP

1.248

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-15 / in Starts: 14-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 16

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	412	14	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	5-7		99	3.0	3	3	2	1	4	0	0	6.00	1.09	13	5	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	.52	0.012	.76	0.01%	-0.53	5t 12- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
2	413	17	Apr 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	6-GF	S(1)	3	4.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.86	2.47	14	3	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.505	3.06	0.47%	1.98	6b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	414	19	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	2.09	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.153	2.06	0.13%	1.47	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
4	415	22	May 6	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-5	8-GF	W(1-0)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	1.98	4	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	0.245	6.53	0.30%	0.71	8b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
5	416	25	May 10	NYY		MIN	L,0-1	9-GF(11)	L(1-1)	3	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.84	2.04	11	3	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	-0.065	4.83	-0.07%	0.30	9t -2- 2 out tie	11t end d 1
6	417	28	May 13	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	5-GF		2	4.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.10	13	3	8	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.065	.40	0.07%	2.46	5t 1-3 2 out d4	9t end d 3
7	418	32	May 18	NYY		TEX	L,4-5	6-7	H(1)	4	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.50	2.47	7	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	-0.339	3.99	-0.42%	-2.56	6t 1-- 1 out a3	7t 123 1 out a1
8	419	35	May 21	NYY	@	DET	W,9-5	8-11	BW(2-1)	2	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.48	3.19	10	2	4	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.125	3.88	-0.17%	-1.29	8b 12- 2 out a3	11b --- 1 out a4
9	420	38	May 24	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-2	6-GF	S(3)	2	4.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.92	2.87	16	1	8	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.198	2.71	0.33%	2.11	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 4
10	421	42	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-6	8-8		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	2.87	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.002	.12	0.00%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
11	422	44	May 31	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	7-GF(11)	BW(3-1)	2	4.1	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.40	2.45	17	0	7	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.161	7.09	0.28%	0.40	7t 12- 2 out a1	11t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	423	48	Jun 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-9	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.18	2.39	11	3	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.09	0.01%	1.51	6b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
13	424	51	Jun 8	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	2.40	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
14	425	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-7	6-8		0	2.1	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	2.48	2.31	10	4	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.487	3.40	-0.74%	-1.47	6b --- 0 out d4	8b --3 1 out tie
15	426	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	3-8	L(3-2)	0	5.1	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.81	2.61	22	9	5	0	1	4		3	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.080	3.10	-0.12%	1.86	3b 123 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out tie
16	427	56	Jun 13(2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-4	7-7	H(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	2.70	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.048	4.97	-0.07%	-0.25	7b 1-- 1 out a2	7b 123 2 out a2
17	428	57	Jun 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	9-9	H(3)	0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.74	2.85	3	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.52	0.157	14.56	0.25%	0.42	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b 12- 2 out a1
18	429	62	Jun 19	NYY		CAL	W,7-5	5-GF	W(4-2)	4	4.1	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.49	2.56	15	3	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.336	4.36	0.51%	2.33	5t --3 2 out d1	9t end a 2
19	430	67	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	3-8	W(5-2)	4	5.1	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.24	2.35	18	2	7	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.297	4.42	0.60%	2.12	3t --- 1 out d2	8t -23 2 out a2
20	431	69	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-3)	2	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.28	2.35	27	9	8	3	0	6	59			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	.89	0.088	2.62	0.16%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	432	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.98	2.33	32	9	12	5	0	6	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.419	2.24	0.75%	4.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
22	433	78	Jul 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	6-GF(8)		3	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.03	2.58	11	5	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.181	1.32	-0.27%	-0.79	6b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 2
23	434	82	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	2	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.91	2.53	32	10	12	1	4	2	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.371	2.18	0.50%	3.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	435	87	Jul 18	NYY		KCR	L,1-13	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	5.0	10	6	6	1	4	1	0	2.44	2.63	26	1	10	1	0	10	26			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.191	1.34	-0.21%	-2.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d4
25	436	92	Jul 22(2)	NYY		MIL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(7-5)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	2.70	2.79	22	2	9	1	0	6	40			0	1	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.220	2.67	-0.37%	-1.54	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
26	437	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	GS-6		5	6.0	9	4	2	1	4	1	0	2.72	2.87	29	9	6	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.200	2.22	-0.27%	-0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	438	102	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	2	0	2.82	3.06	23	8	7	0	0	5	51			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.089	1.36	-0.12%	-0.46	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
28	439	106	Aug 6	NYY		TEX	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-5)	3	8.2	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.68	3.15	32	8	15	1	0	4	73			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.537	2.82	0.74%	3.33	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a1
29	440	108	Aug 9	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	3.15	4	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.017	1.50	0.04%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
30	441	110	Aug 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(10-5)	1	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.54	3.18	30	9	12	0	3	4	78			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.520	4.30	0.97%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	442	116	Aug 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.17	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.026	4.52	0.07%	0.44	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
32	443	117	Aug 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	4-5		0	1.1	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.57	3.15	8	2	1	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.145	6.76	-0.46%	-1.74	4b 123 2 out d1	5b 3 out d4
33	444	122	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	5	2	1	0	9	0	0	2.50	2.99	28	10	4	2	0	5	71			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.176	4.11	0.40%	1.22	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a3
34	445	126	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.2	5	2	1	3	3	0	0	2.48	3.01	22	5	6	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.037	5.46	-0.09%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	446	131	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,6-1	GS-8	W(12-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.40	3.01	29	7	6	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.343	4.00	0.85%	2.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
36	447	136	Sep 7	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(13-5)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.29	2.99	26	10	8	4	1	2	71			2	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.333	3.22	0.59%	3.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
37	448	139	Sep 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.29	3.01	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.028	3.04	-0.05%	-0.13	7b --- 2 out a1	7b 1-- 2 out a1
38	449	141	Sep 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-8	W(14-5)	1	7.1	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	2.30	3.05	31	8	7	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.299	3.62	0.58%	1.71	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
39	450	145	Sep 17 susp	NYY		TOR	W,8-7	GS-9		4	9.0	5	3	3	1	11	1	0	2.34	2.99	33	9	7	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.036	.71	-0.02%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
40	451	151	Sep 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GS-3		5	2.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.46	3.00	14	3	3	0	0	6	34			1	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.226	.74	-0.10%	-2.12	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d2
41	452	160	Oct 4(1)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(15-5)	10	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.46	2.94	27	12	5	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
							26-15		W-L:15-5,Sv:3,BSv:2,Hld:3	2.9	175.1	144	56	48	39	133	14	0	2.46	2.94	690	0.91		8%	3%	135	60	27	22%	8	6	2	643	29	1	2	12	2	7	1.13	2.876	2.85	5.08%	31.77

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