Derrick May
Derrick Brant May
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 14, 1968 in Rochester, NY
High School: Newark (Newark, DE)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1990
Final Game: October 3, 1999
Relatives: Son of Dave May
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 CHC NL 21 LF 17 16 130.2 35 33 1 1 0 .971 -1.9 -17.4 -1.9 -0.6 -1.3 0 2.34 2.00 .980 2.19 1.71
1990 CHC NL 21 OF 17 16 130.2 36 34 1 1 0 .972 -1.9 -17.4 -1.9 -0.6 -1.3 0 2.41 2.06 .981 2.39 2.01
1991 CHC NL 22 LF 7 4 40.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 2.68 1.71 .983 2.19 1.67
1991 CHC NL 22 OF 7 4 40.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 2.68 1.71 .983 2.28 1.89
1992 CHC NL 23 OF 108 85 779.2 161 153 3 5 0 .969 -3.6 -5.5 -4.6 -1.5 -3.1 1 1.80 1.44 .983 2.34 1.96
1992 CHC NL 23 LF 98 72 667.2 142 134 3 5 0 .965 -2.2 -4.0 -3.2 -1.1 -2.1 1 1.85 1.40 .980 2.16 1.65
1992 CHC NL 23 RF 14 13 112.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -15.0 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 0 1.53 1.36 .979 2.08 1.66
1993 CHC NL 24 OF 122 113 1004.1 235 220 8 7 1 .970 -4.2 -5.0 -4.2 -1.8 -2.4 0 2.04 1.87 .979 2.34 2.00
1993 CHC NL 24 LF 121 112 993.1 229 214 8 7 1 .969 -2.8 -3.4 -2.8 -1.2 -1.6 0 2.01 1.83 .975 2.11 1.69
1993 CHC NL 24 RF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -152.7 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.21 1.80
1994 CHC NL 25 LF 92 87 742.2 161 156 4 1 0 .994 0.8 1.3 2.8 -0.6 3.4 -2 1.94 1.74 .981 1.91 1.44
1994 CHC NL 25 OF 92 87 742.2 160 155 4 1 0 .994 0.8 1.3 2.8 -0.6 3.4 -2 1.93 1.73 .980 2.24 1.90
1995 TOT MLB 26 OF 87 75 643.4 144 139 1 4 1 .972 3.4 6.3 3.4 0.5 2.9 0 1.96 1.61 .981 2.22 1.88
1995 TOT MLB 26 LF 75 65 560.4 134 129 1 4 1 .970 3.3 7.1 4.3 0.7 3.6 -1 2.09 1.73 .978 2.03 1.57
1995 MIL AL 26 LF 32 29 246.2 68 65 1 2 1 .971 -0.4 -1.9 -0.4 -1.2 0.8 0 2.41 2.06 .982 2.22 1.75
1995 MIL AL 26 OF 32 29 246.2 68 65 1 2 1 .971 -0.4 -1.9 -0.4 -1.2 0.8 0 2.41 2.06 .984 2.33 1.99
1995 HOU NL 26 OF 55 46 396.2 76 74 0 2 0 .974 3.8 11.5 3.8 1.7 2.1 0 1.68 1.35 .979 2.15 1.82
1995 HOU NL 26 LF 43 36 313.2 66 64 0 2 0 .970 3.7 14.2 4.7 1.9 2.8 -1 1.84 1.49 .973 1.87 1.43
1995 HOU NL 26 RF 12 10 83.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.4 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 1 1.41 1.08 .977 2.08 1.76
1995 HOU NL 26 1B 1 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -154.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.64 8.40
1996 HOU NL 27 OF 71 66 535.2 135 126 5 4 0 .970 5.5 12.3 3.5 -0.2 3.7 2 2.20 1.85 .979 2.13 1.80
1996 HOU NL 27 LF 70 65 524.0 131 123 4 4 0 .969 4.0 9.2 3.0 -0.1 3.1 1 2.18 1.81 .975 1.85 1.45
1996 HOU NL 27 RF 3 1 11.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 154.3 0.5 -0.1 0.6 1 2.31 1.00 .967 2.08 1.70
1997 PHI NL 28 OF 56 31 302.1 76 69 4 3 1 .961 1.7 6.7 1.7 0.4 1.3 0 2.17 1.30 .980 2.13 1.77
1997 PHI NL 28 RF 49 26 262.2 63 57 3 3 1 .952 1.4 6.4 1.4 0.4 1.0 0 2.06 1.22 .978 2.04 1.64
1997 PHI NL 28 LF 7 5 39.2 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 9.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.95 1.86 .977 1.95 1.49
1998 MON NL 29 LF 48 38 306.2 61 57 3 1 1 .984 6.2 24.3 6.2 2.2 4.0 0 1.76 1.25 .975 1.88 1.38
1998 MON NL 29 OF 48 38 306.2 61 57 3 1 1 .984 6.2 24.3 6.2 2.2 4.0 0 1.76 1.25 .980 2.17 1.78
1998 MON NL 29 DH 2
1999 BAL AL 30 DH 9
1999 BAL AL 30 OF 5 3 26.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 9.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.77 1.60 .988 2.28 2.02
1999 BAL AL 30 RF 3 2 19.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 12.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.32 2.33 .986 2.13 1.83
1999 BAL AL 30 LF 2 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.75
10 Seasons OF 613 518 4511.2 1028 971 31 26 5 .975 8.2 2.2 7.2 -1.7 8.9 1 2.00 1.63 .980 2.26 1.90
10 Seasons LF 537 465 4012.1 919 870 26 23 3 .975 7.8 2.3 8.8 -0.8 9.6 -1 2.01 1.67 .977 2.02 1.56
6 Seasons RF 83 53 499.1 108 100 5 3 2 .972 0.4 1.0 -1.6 -0.9 -0.7 2 1.89 1.27 .978 2.06 1.67
2 Seasons DH 11
1 Season 1B 1 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -154.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.64 8.40
10 Seasons TOT 616 519 4514.0 1030 973 31 26 5 .975 7.9 2.1 6.9 -2.0 8.9 1 2.00 1.63 .954 2.17 1.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 CHC NL 21 17 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 22 15 4 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 8 1
1992 CHC NL 23 124 85 124 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 14 108 0 25 2
1993 CHC NL 24 128 113 128 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 2 122 0 12 0
1994 CHC NL 25 100 87 100 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 92 0 12 0
1995 HOU NL 26 78 47 78 56 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 0 12 55 0 27 0
1995 MIL AL 26 32 29 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 0 1
1996 HOU NL 27 109 66 109 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 3 71 0 42 0
1997 PHI NL 28 83 31 83 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 49 56 0 30 3
1998 MON NL 29 85 40 85 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 48 2 39 1
1999 BAL AL 30 26 10 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 7 16 0
10 Seasons 797 528 797 614 0 0 1 0 0 0 537 0 83 613 9 211 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1990 CHC NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 17 10 58.8% 7 0 0.0% 1 602 47% 75% 40% 61 56%
1991 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 4 1 16.7% 0 182 46% 73% 42% 19 63%
1992 CHC NL 23 5 0 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 11 11 0 12 3 1 16 9 1 8 3 0 8 8 0 55 34 61.8% 19 2 3.6% 1 2953 50% 77% 37% 230 59%
1993 CHC NL 24 7 0 5 2 2 8 0 2 0 5 41 31 0 36 13 4 27 13 1 14 5 0 18 17 1 136 79 58.1% 51 6 4.4% 2 4378 57% 78% 38% 522 42%
1994 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 24 19 0 24 10 1 16 4 0 13 1 0 10 8 0 87 42 48.3% 44 1 1.1% 3 3338 55% 75% 36% 348 46%
1995 HOU NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 18 0 13 3 0 8 5 0 5 1 0 4 3 0 49 30 61.2% 19 0 0.0% 0 1426 61% 74% 32% 150 43%
1995 MIL AL 26 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 14 0 9 3 0 3 1 0 6 2 0 5 4 1 40 24 60.0% 15 1 2.5% 0 1171 53% 76% 38% 142 46%
1996 HOU NL 27 4 0 3 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 34 28 0 25 9 2 16 9 0 5 0 0 8 8 0 88 54 61.4% 32 2 2.3% 2 2432 61% 74% 35% 279 46%
1997 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 1 193 53% 79% 50% 22 59%
1998 MON NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 8 7 0 7 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 8 7 0 28 20 71.4% 8 0 0.0% 3 1352 59% 77% 38% 103 56%
1999 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 61% 79% 24% 2 50%
10 Seasons 23 0 19 4 4 26 1 9 1 12 162 135 0 134 44 9 93 45 2 60 14 0 63 57 2 512 295 57.6% 204 13 2.5% 13 18060 56% 76% 37% 1878 48%
MLB Averages 60.1% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1992 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 488 37% 74% 33% 30 63%
1993 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 52 27% 71% 42% 6 50%
1995 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 388 61% 76% 34% 29 45%
1996 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 1 1 25.0% 0 53 77% 75% 45% 7 43%
1997 PHI NL 28 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 14 8 0 11 2 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 38 17 44.7% 20 1 2.6% 2 1184 54% 71% 33% 120 48%
1999 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 101 66% 66% 34% 13 46%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 24 16 0 15 4 1 11 4 0 2 1 0 7 4 1 59 29 49.2% 28 2 3.4% 3 2266 52% 72% 34% 205 50%
MLB Averages 44.9% 2.5% 56% 75% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 HOU NL 26 18 83% 83% 11% 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
1 Season 18 83% 83% 11% 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
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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