How Merrill May's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Merrill May posted a career Total Average of .615, near the league average of .673 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Total Average season came in 1940, posting .667, near the league average of .641 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .561, near the league average of .600 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .570 in 1941 to .561 in 1942 and .639 in 1943. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Total Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 5 seasons.
Merrill May Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Merrill May
| Merrill May
Total Average |
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| Career | 0.615 |
| Season Avg. | 0.615 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.615 |
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Merrill May Total Average Per Season
Merrill May's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Merrill May Total Average by Team
Merrill May's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Merrill May Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Merrill May's career Total Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Merrill May Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Merrill May's seasonal Total Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Merrill May Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Merrill May's MLB career with Total Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
