Darrell May

Darrell Kevin May

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 13, 1972 in San Bernardino, CA
High School: Rogue River (Rogue River, OR)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 46th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels/Padres/Pirates/Yankees/... 1995-2005

Final Game: July 15, 2005
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1992	20	ATL-min	Rk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BVS · GULF
1993	21	ATL-min	A,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MAC,DHM · SALL,CARL
1994	22	ATL-min	AA,A+	23	14	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364		2	0	0	3	0	0	GRV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1995	23	ATL-min	AA,AAA	25	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.091	.231	.091	.322		1	0	0	1	0	0	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1995	23	ATL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	24	PIT-min	AAA	23	28	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.053	.182	.053	.234		1	1	0	6	0	0	CGY · PCL
1996	24	TOT	MLB	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	24	PIT	NL	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	24	CAL	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	25	ANA-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1997	25	ANA	AL	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2002	30	KCR-min	AA,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2002	30	KCR	AL	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	31	KCR	AL	35	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2004	32	KCR	AL	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	33	NYY-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
2005	33	TOT	MLB	24	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	33	SDP	NL	22	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
2005	33	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	34	CIN-min	AAA	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167		1	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
7 Seasons				161	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.077	.111	.077	.188	-49	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.077	.111	.077	.188	-49	2	0	0	2	0	0

KCR (3 yrs)				96	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	1	0	0
ANA (2 yrs)				34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				22	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				132	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.067	.000	.067	-81	0	0	0	1	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				29	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1996	24	PIT	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1997	25	ANA	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$150,000	1

2002	30	KCR	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$375,000	1
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$450,000	1
2004	32	KCR	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,750,000	1
2005	33	SDP	NL	10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,225,000	1
6 Seasons				29	-6	0	0	0	0	2	0	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$5,950,000

KCR (3 yrs)				14	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$2,575,000
PIT (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
SDP (1 yr)				10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,225,000
ANA (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$150,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1996	24	TOT	MLB	3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.275	.333	.344	.333	.429	.667	.774	74	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1996	24	PIT	NL	3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.275	.333	.344	.333	.429	.667	.774	74	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1997	25	ANA	AL	2	2	0	0.0	111		.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.432	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2002	30	KCR	AL	5	4	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.276	.200	.344	.000	.443	.200	.788	-42	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	5	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.276	.000	.343	.000	.442	.000	.784	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2004	32	KCR	AL	4	4	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.000	.341	.000	.438	.000	.779	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2005	33	TOT	MLB	10	9	0	0.0	101	.250	.111	.259	.111	.328	.111	.412	.222	.740	-39	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
2005	33	SDP	NL	10	9	0	0.0	101	.250	.111	.259	.111	.328	.111	.412	.222	.740	-39	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
7 Seasons				29	26	0	0.0	108	.154	.077	.269	.111	.338	.077	.429	.188	.767	-49	.000	-5.8	-0.5	.125	.038	.000
162 Game Avg.				29	26	0	0.0	108	.154	.077	.269	.111	.338	.077	.429	.188	.767	-49	.000	-5.8	-0.5	.125	.038	.000

KCR (3 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.275	.077	.343	.000	.441	.077	.784	-78	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	110	.500	.333	.275	.333	.344	.333	.429	.667	.774	74	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	101	.250	.111	.259	.111	.328	.111	.412	.222	.740	-39	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
ANA (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	111		.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.432	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				16	15	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.067	.343	.000	.440	.067	.783	-81	.000	-3.9	-0.4	.071	.071	.000
NL (3 yrs)				13	11	0	0.0	103	.333	.167	.263	.167	.332	.167	.417	.333	.748	-10	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.200	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	24	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00		67%	50%	0.0%	0%
1997	25	ANA	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

2002	30	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	2.0			1.00	1.00	40%	0%	0.0%	0%
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	2.00	40%	0%	0.0%	0%
2004	32	KCR	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			2.00		75%	0%	0.0%	0%
2005	33	SDP	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			1.00	1.50	40%	20%	0.0%	50%
7 Seasons				29	0.0%	44.8%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	13.00	2.0			1.17	2.25	45%	13%	0.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.8%	7.9%	34%	1.89	5.3	31.8	7.5	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.2%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1995	23	ATL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1996	24	PIT	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.98	-0.2	0
1996	24	CAL	AL	0.0
1997	25	ANA	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.61	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.62	-0.6	0

2002	30	KCR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.95	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.78	-0.8	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.39	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-1.2	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.76	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.67	-0.3	0
2005	33	SDP	NL	-1.8	-0.2	10	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.12	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.92	-2.0	0
2005	33	NYY	AL	0.0
7 Seasons				-5.8	-0.6	29	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	1.04	-0.5	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	0.85	-5.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	24	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1997	25	ANA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2002	30	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	33	SDP	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				1	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	24	PIT	NL	3	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1997	25	ANA	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2002	30	KCR	AL	5	40%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	32	KCR	AL	4	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2005	33	SDP	NL	10	80%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Seasons				29	76%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	5	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	24	PIT	NL	3	13	4.33	7	54%	71%	0%	0%	29%	29%	0%	15%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	100%	0	0	0
1997	25	ANA	AL	2	8	4.00	6	75%	50%	33%	17%	0%	50%	0%	38%	33%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2002	30	KCR	AL	5	20	4.00	12	60%	58%	8%	17%	17%	42%	0%	25%	80%	0%	20%	1	0	40%	2	0	20%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
2003	31	KCR	AL	5	19	3.80	15	79%	33%	13%	33%	20%	67%	0%	53%	80%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2004	32	KCR	AL	4	20	5.00	13	65%	31%	0%	46%	23%	69%	0%	45%	100%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2005	33	SDP	NL	10	30	3.00	25	83%	36%	24%	20%	20%	64%	0%	53%	63%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	60%	0	0	0
6 Seasons				29	110	3.79	78	71%	42%	14%	24%	19%	58%	0%	41%	76%	24%	3%	1	0	7%	2	0	7%	2	1	62%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1996	24	12	3	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0
1997	25	41	5	5	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	0
1998	26	41	5	5	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	0
1999	27	41	5	5	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	0
2000	28	41	5	5	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	0
2001	29	41	5	5	1	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1	0
2002	30	71	10	9	1	1	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16	1	0
2003	31	106	15	13	1	1	1	7	.077	.143	.077	.220	-41	1	1
2004	32	137	19	17	1	1	1	8	.059	.111	.059	.170	-54	1	1
2005	33	161	29	26	1	2	1	13	.077	.111	.077	.188	-49	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	24	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1997	25	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29

2002	30	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	30
2003	31	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
2004	32	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
2005	33	24	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
6 Seasons		159	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	159
162 Game Avg.		162	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	159

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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