Johnny Bates vs. Carlos May — Career Comparison

Johnny Bates
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueCenter Fielder
Carlos May
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueLeft FielderAll-Star

Johnny Bates and Carlos May are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 113 for Johnny Bates, 117 for Carlos May), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 112 vs 112). The overall lean goes to Carlos May, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Johnny Bates and Carlos May

Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1154
150.62
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1165
148
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
4597
600
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4723
600
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
3913
510.72
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4120
523.4
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.772
0.772
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1087
141.88
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1127
143.17
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
822
107.29
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
842
106.97
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
167
21.8
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
21.85
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
9.53
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
23
2.92
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
25
3.26
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
11.43
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
265
34.59
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
285
36.21
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
635.1
82.89
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
594.54
75.53
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1475
192.52
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1615
205.17
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1639
213.92
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1684
213.93
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.744
0.744
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.783
0.783
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.715
0.715
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
565
73.74
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
545
69.24
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
417
54.43
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
68.09
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
957
124.91
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
991
125.89
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
675.72
88.19
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
618.71
78.6
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
6.4
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
45
5.72
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
503
65.65
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
512
65.04
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
8
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
55.86
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
565
71.78
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.74
10.74
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
8.36
8.36
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.91
0.91
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
17.23
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
7
0.89
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
4.95
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
112
14.23
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
24.41
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
85
10.8
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
6.73
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
24.41
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
138
17.53
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carlos May
Career
Per 600 PA
61.59
61.59

Fielding Stats for Johnny Bates and Carlos May

Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Johnny Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1080
1.74
Carlos May
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
1.06
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
632
1.02
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
867
1.03
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
16722
27
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22685
27
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5574
9
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7561.2
9
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2078
3.36
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2920
3.48
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.26
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
0.23
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.17
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.05
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2346
3.79
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3158
3.76
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
3.62
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3113
3.71
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.58
98.58
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.074
2.074
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.506
3.506
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.52
58.52
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.06
Carlos May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.19
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0