Carlos May
1968–1977 · bats L / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees
1,165G
.274AVG
.357OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
1,127H
90HR
536RBI
85SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 565 | 564 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,165 | 4,723 | 4,120 | 545 | 1,127 | 172 | 23 | 90 | 536 | 512 | 565 | 85 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 1,615 | .274 | .357 | .392 | .749 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1972-09-12 to 1973-04-07
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1971-07-20 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1971-04-30 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1975-06-04 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 586 | 2337 | 577 | 49 | 294 | 266 | 249 | .285 | .361 | .409 |
| Away | 579 | 2386 | 550 | 41 | 242 | 246 | 315 | .263 | .334 | .376 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 143 | 573 | 153 | 14 | 82 | 49 | 65 | .298 | .353 | .440 |
| May | 192 | 788 | 196 | 15 | 91 | 85 | 98 | .286 | .357 | .397 |
| June | 228 | 967 | 223 | 20 | 124 | 91 | 120 | .260 | .325 | .389 |
| July | 236 | 951 | 219 | 19 | 97 | 109 | 121 | .267 | .345 | .383 |
| August | 187 | 753 | 169 | 12 | 77 | 100 | 77 | .264 | .357 | .379 |
| September | 173 | 671 | 160 | 10 | 64 | 74 | 82 | .273 | .349 | .375 |
| October | 6 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .438 | .550 | .438 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| california-angels | 122 | 494 | 113 | 7 | 55 | 46 | 59 | .257 | .322 | .346 |
| athletics | 120 | 487 | 109 | 11 | 54 | 45 | 58 | .255 | .316 | .376 |
| kansas-city-royals | 118 | 479 | 137 | 8 | 56 | 55 | 50 | .329 | .401 | .438 |
| minnesota-twins | 108 | 459 | 106 | 7 | 44 | 46 | 59 | .261 | .331 | .369 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 100 | 399 | 107 | 7 | 45 | 40 | 31 | .307 | .368 | .445 |
| boston-red-sox | 99 | 409 | 100 | 7 | 45 | 42 | 53 | .280 | .347 | .403 |
| detroit-tigers | 90 | 371 | 82 | 7 | 37 | 44 | 55 | .255 | .340 | .366 |
| baltimore-orioles | 89 | 331 | 63 | 4 | 21 | 34 | 53 | .216 | .293 | .275 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Chicago White Sox | 17 | 67 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 100 | 367 | 103 | 18 | 62 | 1 | .281 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago White Sox | 150 | 555 | 158 | 12 | 68 | 12 | .285 | – | – |
| 1971 | Chicago White Sox | 141 | 500 | 147 | 7 | 70 | 16 | .294 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 148 | 523 | 161 | 12 | 68 | 23 | .308 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 149 | 553 | 148 | 20 | 96 | 8 | .268 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 149 | 551 | 137 | 8 | 58 | 8 | .249 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox | 128 | 454 | 123 | 8 | 53 | 12 | .271 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees | 107 | 351 | 91 | 3 | 43 | 5 | .259 | – | – |
| 1977 | California Angels, New York Yankees | 76 | 199 | 47 | 2 | 17 | – | .236 | – | – |