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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: 16-19 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	144	7	Apr 23	CAL	@	TEX	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		99	3.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	1.07	12	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	.16	0.021	.22	0.02%	1.11	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	145	10	Apr 26	CAL	@	MIL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.76	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.99	0.164	6.45	0.11%	0.77	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
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	146	14	May 2	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-1	L(0-1)	5	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	11.25	1.65	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.341	1.93	-0.22%	-3.90	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d3
4	147	17	May 7	CAL		MIL	L,2-5	8-9		4	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.60	1.40	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.075	.48	-0.05%	-1.99	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 0 out d3
5	148	22	May 13	CAL		NYY	L,0-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	6.75	1.65	27	7	9	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.042	.45	-0.02%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	149	26	May 17	CAL		OAK	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	8.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	0	5.85	2.25	33	8	11	1	0	8	54			0	2	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.42	-0.250	.34	-0.12%	-1.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	150	30	May 21	CAL	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-2		3	2.0	5	5	2	1	3	1	0	6.14	2.72	13	2	2	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.346	.68	-0.14%	-4.20	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
8	151	34	May 25	CAL		KCR	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-4)	3	5.0	4	3	1	1	3	1	0	5.33	3.03	20	8	4	1	0	4	53			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.210	.17	-0.04%	-1.18	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
9	152	39	May 29(2)	CAL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	3	2	2	6	4	0	0	4.91	3.22	25	6	6	0	0	3	56			0	2	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.063	.42	-0.02%	0.18	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
10	153	43	Jun 3	CAL	@	CLE	W,8-4	4-GF	W(1-4)	4	5.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.19	3.07	18	8	6	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.331	.64	0.12%	2.45	4b 1-- 1 out tie	9b end a 4
11	154	51	Jun 13	CAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8		9	7.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.74	2.90	29	8	10	0	2	7	59			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	.90	-0.209	.32	-0.05%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
12	155	55	Jun 17	CAL		DET	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	2	12	1	0	3.59	2.74	30	5	5	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.011	.39	0.00%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
13	156	59	Jun 21	CAL		BAL	W,6-3	GS-7		3	6.2	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.64	2.96	28	4	10	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.057	.21	-0.01%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out tie
14	157	62	Jun 25(1)	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-3	L(1-5)	3	2.0	3	3	1	3	2	0	0	3.67	3.02	15	4	3	0	0	3	41			2	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.47	-0.345	.85	-0.12%	-2.86	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d2
15	158	67	Jun 29	CAL	@	TEX	W,12-4	GS-7	W(2-5)	3	7.0	9	3	2	4	7	0	0	3.56	2.93	35	7	8	2	0	9	52			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.022	.10	0.00%	-0.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
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
16	159	71	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	L,0-5	GS-8	L(2-6)	3	7.1	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	3.69	2.89	32	12	5	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	2	2	0	1	1.22	-0.058	.28	-0.01%	-0.85	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d3
17	160	75	Jul 7	CAL		BOS	L,3-5	GS-6		3	5.2	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.76	3.04	25	5	8	3	0	3	48			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.216	.11	-0.01%	-1.09	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d2
18	161	79	Jul 11	CAL		NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	L(2-7)	3	2.1	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.98	3.00	13	4	2	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.236	.15	-0.02%	-2.17	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d2
19	162	80	Jul 12	CAL		NYY	L,0-5	7-8		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.89	3.03	8	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.73	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
20	163	83	Jul 16(1)	CAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-7)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.52	2.88	29	9	9	2	0	2	88			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.714	.09	0.03%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	164	89	Jul 21(2)	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(3-8)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.51	3.04	32	14	11	1	1	3	56			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.034	.02	0.00%	0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	165	95	Jul 29	CAL		TEX	W,8-1	CG	W(4-8)	7	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.30	2.98	32	12	8	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.102	.02	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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
23	166	101	Aug 5	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-9		6	8.1	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.15	2.96	33	9	10	0	0	5	70			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.42	0.395	.02	0.00%	2.87	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a1
24	167	106	Aug 10	CAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(5-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	16	1	0	3.00	2.86	36	3	8	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.310	.01	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	168	110	Aug 15	CAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9		4	9.0	5	2	2	5	8	1	0	2.93	2.92	36	5	13	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.66	0.103	.01	0.00%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
26	169	114	Aug 19	CAL	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-1	L(5-9)	3	0.1	5	6	5	1	0	1	0	3.25	3.04	8	1	1	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.497	.00	0.00%	-5.90	1b start a 1	1b -23 1 out d4
27	170	118	Aug 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-4	L(5-10)	3	4.0	6	6	6	3	6	1	0	3.54	3.09	22	6	1	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
28	171	122	Aug 29	CAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(6-10)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.39	3.05	33	6	12	4	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.532	.00	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Sept				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
29	172	126	Sep 2	CAL		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-10)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.20	2.92	32	7	12	1	0	3	89			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.437	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	173	130	Sep 6	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.08	2.83	33	5	14	1	3	6	77			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.383	.00	0.00%	2.45	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
31	174	135	Sep 10	CAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.98	2.76	35	10	9	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.286	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
32	175	139	Sep 15	CAL		CHW	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(10-10)	4	11.0	6	0	0	4	9	0	0	2.80	2.71	43	11	13	0	0	6	90			1	0	0	38	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.77	0.794	.00	0.00%	4.00	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
33	176	143	Sep 20	CAL		KCR	L,2-9	GS-1	L(10-11)	4	0.0	1	6	6	5	0	1	0	3.09	2.86	6	0	0	0	0	1	19			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.407	.00	0.00%	-4.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d4
34	177	147	Sep 24	CAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.99	2.86	33	12	5	0	0	7	74			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.50	0.617	.00	0.00%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
35	178	151	Sep 29	CAL		MIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(12-11)	4	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.94	2.90	29	7	9	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.189	.00	0.00%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
							16-19		W-L:12-11,Sv:1	3.7	205.1	162	79	67	82	169	15	0	2.94	2.90	850	0.91		4%	2%	156	58	3	0%	9	7	0	752	26	1	6	19	2	16	1.08	1.709	.18	-0.52%	1.89

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