Pinky May
1939–1943 · bats R / throws R · NLS, Philadelphia Phillies
666G
.275AVG
.354OBP
.337SLG
More career statistics
610H
4HR
215RBI
13SB
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 · At bats | 2,215 | 2,214 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 121 | 122 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,546 | 2,547 |
| Batting · RBI | 215 | 212 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Walks | 261 | 263 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 666 | 2,546 | 2,215 | 210 | 610 | 102 | 11 | 4 | 215 | 261 | 121 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 746 | .275 | .354 | .337 | .691 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1940-08-11 to 1940-08-25
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1940-05-20 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1939-08-31 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1939-06-05 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 321 | 1219 | 279 | 0 | 94 | 146 | 55 | .268 | .349 | .333 |
| Away | 345 | 1328 | 331 | 4 | 118 | 117 | 67 | .282 | .337 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 165 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 9 | .273 | .364 | .329 |
| May | 116 | 450 | 89 | 0 | 35 | 51 | 20 | .230 | .311 | .289 |
| June | 105 | 358 | 99 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 16 | .309 | .349 | .369 |
| July | 122 | 455 | 122 | 1 | 48 | 53 | 19 | .314 | .385 | .393 |
| August | 134 | 534 | 129 | 3 | 47 | 49 | 31 | .276 | .333 | .340 |
| September | 143 | 572 | 128 | 0 | 31 | 63 | 27 | .259 | .334 | .309 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .308 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 99 | 371 | 87 | 0 | 20 | 46 | 16 | .272 | .358 | .331 |
| new-york-giants | 98 | 376 | 95 | 4 | 32 | 39 | 23 | .286 | .356 | .383 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 98 | 367 | 95 | 0 | 37 | 40 | 13 | .300 | .368 | .347 |
| chicago-cubs | 97 | 378 | 107 | 0 | 40 | 30 | 12 | .317 | .362 | .396 |
| boston-braves | 94 | 357 | 82 | 0 | 31 | 41 | 22 | .270 | .345 | .322 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 93 | 366 | 82 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 22 | .259 | .317 | .309 |
| cincinnati-reds | 87 | 332 | 62 | 0 | 26 | 33 | 14 | .217 | .286 | .255 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 464 | 133 | 2 | 61 | 5 | .287 | – | – |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Phillies | 136 | 501 | 147 | 1 | 47 | 2 | .293 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 142 | 490 | 131 | – | 39 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 115 | 345 | 82 | – | 18 | 3 | .238 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Phillies | 138 | 414 | 117 | 1 | 47 | 2 | .283 | – | – |