Yogi Berra vs. Lee May — Career Comparison

Yogi Berra
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameCatcherMVPAll-Star
Lee May
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star

Yogi Berra and Lee 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+ 106 for Yogi Berra, 103 for Lee May), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 128 vs 133). The overall lean goes to Yogi Berra, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Yogi Berra and Lee May

Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2120
152.08
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
2071
151.19
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8364
600
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
8219
600
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
7555
541.97
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7609
555.47
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.835
0.835
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.779
0.779
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2150
154.23
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
2031
148.27
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1422
102.01
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1306
95.34
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
321
23.03
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
340
24.82
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
3.52
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2.26
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
25.68
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
354
25.84
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
728
52.22
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
725
52.93
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1247.39
89.48
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1069.64
78.09
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3643
261.33
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
3495
255.14
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2906
208.46
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
2567
187.4
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.459
0.459
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.772
0.772
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.794
0.794
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1175
84.29
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
959
70.01
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1430
102.58
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1244
90.81
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2247
161.19
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1849
134.98
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1296.76
93.02
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1064.79
77.73
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
3.73
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
49
3.58
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
704
50.5
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
487
35.55
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
49
3.52
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
6.21
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
29.7
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
1570
114.61
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.2
20.2
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
5.24
5.24
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
1.7
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
9
0.65
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
0.66
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
44
3.16
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
4.75
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
10.47
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
219
15.99
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
30
2.15
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
2.85
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1.87
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
2.56
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 600 PA
56
4.02
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
5.4
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.57
53.57
Lee May
Career
Per 600 PA
52.7
52.7

Fielding Stats for Yogi Berra and Lee May

Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Lee May
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1962
1.93
Lee May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1595
1.08
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
1.03
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1542
1.04
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
27512
27
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39893
27
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
9170.2
9
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13297.2
9
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9221
9.05
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13029
8.82
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
0.8
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
900
0.61
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.12
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.06
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10165
9.98
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14019
9.49
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10040
9.85
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13929
9.43
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.77
98.77
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.36
99.36
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.117
5.117
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.733
8.733
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.47
53.47
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.68
96.68
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.18
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1236
0.84
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.07
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.12
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yogi Berra
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
0.2
Lee May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yogi Berra
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.2
Lee May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0