Rudy May
1965–1983 · bats L / throws L · Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees
475G
.123AVG
.180OBP
.150SLG
More career statistics
42H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
152–156W–L
2,622.0IP
1,760K
3.46ERA
360GS
12SV
6Rare 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 · Games | 475 | 536 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,903 | 10,904 |
| Pitching · p w | 959 | 958 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 475 | 383 | 341 | 12 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 | .123 | .180 | .150 | .330 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,622.0 | 535 | 360 | 87 | 152 | 156 | 12 | 2,314 | 1,150 | 1,007 | 199 | 959 | 1,760 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 1.248 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1971-05-08 to 1971-05-17
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1973-09-17 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1972-09-20 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1971-07-09 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 270 | 196 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 85 | .102 | .143 | .124 |
| Away | 266 | 187 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 79 | .146 | .193 | .177 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 59 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | .081 | .109 | .108 |
| May | 110 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | .169 | .191 | .185 |
| June | 88 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | .128 | .246 | .191 |
| July | 84 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | .193 | .213 | .246 |
| August | 96 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .086 | .141 | .103 |
| September | 94 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | .078 | .115 | .078 |
| October | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 51 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .100 | .156 | .125 |
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .114 | .132 | .171 |
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .261 | .292 | .304 |
| chicago-white-sox | 42 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .080 | .077 | .080 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 42 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .150 | .217 | .150 |
| minnesota-twins | 40 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .054 | .054 | .054 |
| baltimore-orioles | 37 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .222 | .333 | .333 |
| kansas-city-royals | 37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .000 | .222 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 30 | 30 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 124 | 76 | |
| 1969 | 44 | 49 | 4 | – | – | – | .082 | 180 | 133 | |
| 1970 | 38 | 69 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .087 | 208 | 164 | |
| 1971 | 32 | 68 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .147 | 208 | 156 | |
| 1972 | 35 | 62 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .113 | 205 | 169 | |
| 1973 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 185 | 134 | |
| 1974 | California Angels, New York Yankees | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 141 | 102 |
| 1975 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 212 | 145 | |
| 1976 | Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 220 | 109 |
| 1977 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 251 | 105 | |
| 1978 | 27 | 42 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .143 | 144 | 87 | |
| 1979 | 33 | 21 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .143 | 93 | 67 | |
| 1980 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 175 | 133 | |
| 1981 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 147 | 79 | |
| 1982 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 106 | 85 | |
| 1983 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 16 |