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David LaFrance May

First name: Dave

Last name: May

Birthdate: 1943-12-23

Bats: L Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 118470

Retro ID: may-d101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1967	BAL	1.2	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.2	1.0	1
1968	BAL	2.2	0.4	2.6	-0.1	0.7	1.9	2
1969	BAL	1.6	0.2	1.8	0.1	0.6	1.2	2
1970	BAL	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0
1970	MIL	5.0	1.1	6.1	1.0	2.8	3.4	8
1971	MIL	7.4	1.4	8.8	2.9	5.5	3.3	17
1972	MIL	7.3	1.6	8.9	2.7	5.3	3.5	16
1973	MIL	8.6	1.8	10.3	4.2	7.3	3.1	22
1974	MIL	6.6	0.9	7.5	0.4	2.6	5.0	8
1975	ATL	2.9	0.4	3.4	1.4	2.4	1.0	7
1976	ATL	3.1	0.4	3.5	-0.3	0.7	2.7	2
1977	TEX	4.7	0.7	5.4	1.2	2.8	2.6	8
1978	MIL	1.1	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.9	1
1978	PIT	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0
Career		52.2	9.1	61.5	13.3	31.2	30.0	94

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1967	BAL	91	-3	-3	0	2	0	-1	-1	-1	-3	8.7	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0
1968	BAL	173	-5	-5	0	1	0	-1	2	-1	-3	7.8	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	5
1969	BAL	131	-2	-2	0	-2	0	-1	3	-1	-2	8.9	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	4
1970	BAL	35	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	9.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-1
1970	MIL	394	-8	-8	-3	1	0	1	7	-1	-2	9.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	15
1971	MIL	562	11	12	-3	2	1	1	-1	-3	12	8.1	1.5	-0.3	-0.1	1.1	9
1972	MIL	556	-5	-4	1	-1	2	1	10	-1	9	8.0	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.9	22
1973	MIL	680	23	25	0	0	1	-1	-3	-1	22	9.5	2.3	-0.1	-0.1	2.1	10
1974	MIL	515	-18	-17	0	3	0	0	7	-4	-7	8.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	-1.2	14
1975	ATL	230	9	8	0	0	0	-1	1	-2	8	9.0	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.7	4
1976	ATL	243	-7	-9	0	1	1	-1	1	-2	-7	9.0	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-1.0	4
1977	TEX	381	-8	-8	3	0	0	1	9	-4	5	9.5	0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.1	14
1978	MIL	91	-3	-3	0	-2	0	0	2	0	-3	9.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	3
1978	PIT	5	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	9.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0
Career		4,087	-18	-16	-1	5	5	-2	36	-21	27	-	3.1	-2.1	-0.4	0.6	103

Defense

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1967	BAL	LF	27	5	1.0	1	1	2	0	0	1
1967	BAL	RF	301	42	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	14	-1	-2
1968	BAL	LF	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	BAL	CF	207	25	-2.0	-2	-2	-3	5	0	-2
1968	BAL	RF	559	74	4.0	4	3	-1	14	1	4
1969	BAL	RF	459	68	3.0	3	3	-1	34	0	3
1970	MIL	CF	2444	327	9.0	10	9	12	100	-2	7
1970	MIL	RF	11	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	BAL	RF	89	11	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	12	0	-1
1971	MIL	LF	7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	MIL	CF	2464	341	4.0	4	3	8	113	-2	1
1971	MIL	RF	789	124	0.0	0	0	5	53	-2	-2
1972	MIL	CF	3647	492	7.0	7	6	17	162	4	10
1973	MIL	CF	4407	575	-1.0	-2	-2	-14	193	-1	-3
1974	MIL	LF	106	14	2.0	2	2	3	4	0	2
1974	MIL	CF	353	41	-4.0	-4	-3	-10	13	1	-2
1974	MIL	RF	1841	309	7.0	6	5	8	104	2	7
1975	ATL	LF	354	39	0.0	0	0	0	22	1	1
1975	ATL	CF	366	54	2.0	2	2	5	11	1	3
1975	ATL	RF	394	60	-6.0	-6	-5	-7	26	2	-3
1976	ATL	LF	969	107	0.0	0	0	0	36	0	0
1976	ATL	RF	249	40	2.0	2	2	2	9	-1	1
1977	TEX	LF	375	47	6.0	6	5	8	10	0	5
1977	TEX	CF	28	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1977	TEX	RF	1351	216	1.0	2	2	1	83	2	4
1978	MIL	LF	117	10	1.0	1	1	-1	7	0	1
1978	MIL	CF	153	22	0.0	0	0	1	13	1	1
1978	MIL	RF	72	13	0.0	0	0	1	6	0	0
		LF	1958	222	10.0	10	9	12	79	1	10
		CF	14069	1881	15.0	15	13	16	611	2	15
		RF	6115	959	9.0	9	8	3	355	3	11

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1969	BAL	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1969	BAL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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