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Lee May 2026 Season · KC

Career: .267/.313/.459, 354 HR, 2031 H in 2071 games.

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Lee May

#23

1B · KC

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AGreat

+16.9Career NUT

+18.1 to Nutty

Career

.267AVG354HR1244RBI2031H959R39SB

R/R · 6' 3", 205 lb · b. Mar 23, 1943 · Birmingham, AL · Signed Undrafted FA, 1965

Player Overview

Year by Year


1965	22	CIN	—	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
1966	23	CIN	—	25	75	75	14	25	5	1	2	10	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.507	.174	.840	.390
1967	24	CIN	+1.0	127	472	438	54	116	29	2	12	57	19	10	3	80	4	8	4	1	10	.265	.308	.422	.157	.730	.297
1968	25	CIN	+3.2	146	602	559	78	162	32	1	22	80	34	6	11	100	4	7	1	2	20	.290	.337	.469	.179	.806	.320
1969	26	CIN	+3.3	158	665	607	85	169	32	3	38	110	45	6	8	142	5	4	7	0	12	.278	.331	.529	.251	.860	.302
1970	27	CIN	+1.0	153	649	605	78	153	34	2	34	94	38	2	5	125	1	1	4	0	19	.253	.297	.484	.231	.781	.264
1971	28	CIN	+3.7	147	602	553	85	154	17	3	39	98	42	4	2	135	3	0	3	0	13	.278	.332	.532	.254	.864	.301
1972	29	HOU	+3.3	148	647	592	87	168	31	2	29	98	52	2	12	144	3	1	1	0	13	.284	.343	.490	.206	.833	.331
1973	30	HOU	+0.9	148	590	545	65	147	24	3	28	105	34	2	10	122	1	1	9	0	13	.270	.310	.479	.209	.789	.295
1974	31	HOU	+0.6	152	590	556	59	149	26	0	24	85	17	7	2	97	1	0	9	1	12	.268	.294	.444	.176	.738	.282
1975	32	BAL	+0.1	146	626	580	67	152	28	3	20	99	36	5	8	91	1	2	5	0	26	.262	.308	.424	.162	.732	.278
1976	33	BAL	+1.0	148	583	530	61	137	17	4	25	109	41	3	8	104	4	1	7	2	11	.258	.312	.447	.189	.759	.275
1977	34	BAL	-0.6	150	629	585	75	148	16	2	27	99	38	0	5	119	2	2	5	1	20	.253	.296	.426	.173	.722	.273
1978	35	BAL	-0.4	148	590	556	56	137	16	1	25	80	31	1	5	110	5	2	2	0	18	.246	.286	.414	.168	.700	.265
1979	36	BAL	-0.6	124	491	456	59	116	15	0	19	69	28	1	4	100	3	4	4	2	18	.254	.297	.412	.158	.709	.284
1980	37	BAL	-0.3	78	239	222	20	54	10	2	7	31	15	0	1	53	2	0	2	0	11	.243	.289	.401	.158	.690	.287
1981	38	KC	—	26	58	55	3	16	3	0	0	8	3	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	2	.291	.328	.345	.054	.673	.390
1982	39	KC	+0.6	42	107	91	12	28	5	2	3	12	14	0	1	18	0	0	2	0	0	.308	.393	.505	.197	.898	.347
Career	—	18 yrs	+16.9	2071	8219	7609	959	2031	340	31	354	1244	487	49	85	1569	39	35	65	9	219	.267	.313	.459	.192	.772	.292

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving May's career NUT of +16.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.7

676869707172737475767778798082

NUT by Season

+1.0

+3.2

+3.3

+1.0

+3.7

+3.3

+0.9

+0.6

+0.1

+1.0

-0.6

-0.4

-0.6

-0.3

+0.6

Awards

1969NL All-Star

1971NL All-Star · Reds Ernie Lombardi MVP Award

1972NL All-Star

1974NL Player of the Week

1975AL Player of the Week

1976Orioles Most Valuable Award

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