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b. July 18, 1944 · California Angels 1965, 1969–1974, New York Yankees 1974–1976, 1980–1983, Baltimore Orioles 1976–1977, Montreal Expos 1978–1979

In 1980 he went 15-5 with a 2.46 earned run average for the Yankees, the lowest in the American League, splitting the season between the rotation and the bullpen. He was thirty-six and in his sixteenth year.

Sixteen seasons gave him 152 wins against 156, a 3.46 earned run average, 2,622 innings and 1,760 strikeouts. He won 18 games for Baltimore in 1977 and pitched for the Angels through their worst years, losing 17 in 1970 for a club that scored nothing.

He was traded twice in deals of consequence, once to New York in a ten-player transaction and once to Montreal for Dave Cash. He never made an All-Star team. The 1989 ballot gave him no votes. He died in 2024, at eighty.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1965	CAL	30	30	2	6	3	1	4	15	.200
1969	CAL	44	49	1	4	0	0	4	22	.082
1970	CAL	38	69	0	6	2	2	4	31	.087
1971	CAL	32	68	2	10	1	4	4	40	.147
1972	CAL	35	62	3	7	1	1	3	29	.113
1973	CAL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1974	CAL/NYY	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	NYY	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1976	BAL/NYY	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1977	BAL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1978	MON	27	42	2	6	2	3	3	19	.143
1979	MON	33	21	2	3	0	3	0	8	.143
1980	NYY	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1981	NYY	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1982	NYY	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1983	NYY	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	536	341	12	42	9	14	22	164	.123

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1965	CAL	4	9	30	19	0	124.0	111	54	78	76	3.92
1969	CAL	10	13	43	25	2	180.1	142	69	66	133	3.44
1970	CAL	7	13	38	34	0	208.2	190	93	81	164	4.01
1971	CAL	11	12	32	31	0	208.1	160	70	87	156	3.02
1972	CAL	12	11	35	30	1	205.1	162	67	82	169	2.94
1973	CAL	7	17	34	28	0	185.0	177	90	80	134	4.38
1974	CAL/NYY	8	5	35	18	2	141.1	104	50	58	102	3.18
1975	NYY	14	12	32	31	0	212.0	179	72	99	145	3.06
1976	BAL/NYY	15	10	35	32	0	220.1	205	91	70	109	3.72
1977	BAL	18	14	37	37	0	251.2	243	101	78	105	3.61
1978	MON	8	10	27	23	0	144.0	141	62	42	87	3.88
1979	MON	10	3	33	7	0	93.2	88	24	31	67	2.31
1980	NYY	15	5	41	17	3	175.1	144	48	39	133	2.46
1981	NYY	6	11	27	22	1	147.2	137	68	41	79	4.14
1982	NYY	6	6	41	6	3	106.0	109	34	14	85	2.89
1983	NYY	1	5	15	0	0	18.1	22	14	12	16	6.87
Career	—	152	156	535	360	12	2622.0	2314	1007	958	1760	3.46

On this day & linked events

1944

Born July 18, 1944

Coffeyville, KS, USA

2024

Died October 19, 2024

1965

Major-league debut: Rudy May

Rudy May made a major-league debut on April 18, 1965.

1983

Final major-league game: Rudy May

Rudy May played a final major-league game on September 21, 1983.

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