1977 Topps Baseball #633 - Big League Brothers Lee May and Carlos May

• Lee May (1965-1982)
• Lifetime Stats:
• .267 batting average
• 354 HR
• 1244 RBI
• 2071 games
• 3-time All Star
• Carlos May (1968-1977)
• Lifetime Stats:
• .274 batting average
• 90 HR
• 536 RBI
• 1165 games
• 2-time All Star

1977 Topps Baseball #380 - Lee May

• This was Lee May’s last season as a starting first baseman. Rookie Eddie Murray was the DH for most of 1977. May and Murray traded positions in 1978.
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• 1977 Stats: .253, 27 HR, 99 RBI
• 1977 Highlights:
• July 29 – Hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 9^th inning to lead the Orioles to a 5-4 comeback win over the Seattle Mariners.
• Sept 21 – Hit a 2-run home run, his 25^th of the year, to help the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-0. The win moved Baltimore to 2 games behind the AL East leading New York Yankees with 10 games to play.
• Sept 22 - Hit a 3-run home run in Baltimore’s 7-1 win over the Blue Jays. The Orioles got to within 1 1/2 games of the  Yankees after the game.
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1977 Topps #3 - 1976 RBI Leaders

• Lee May was close to the end of his career when he led the AL in RBI, while George Foster was at the beginning of his peak years.
• It is surprising that May would lead the league in RBI. His team finished seventh out of 12 teams in runs scored, 11th in batting average, and 11th in on base percentage. May usually batted behind Reggie Jackson in 1976.
• The 1976 season was the first of three straight years in which Foster would lead the NL in RBI.