Derrick May

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: July 14, 1968 in Rochester, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th) of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Newark HS (Newark, DE).

High School: Newark HS (Newark, DE)

Debut: September 6, 1990 (Age 22-054d, 15,857th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1999 (Age 31-081d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Derrick Brant May

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Relatives: Son of Dave May

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

2200

596

.271

244

RBI

310

OBP

.319

SLG

.398

OPS

.717

OPS+

Summary of 52 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 21 go ahead

6 Tms
CHC	28
HOU	13
MON	5
BAL	4
PHI	1
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	44
vs LHP	8

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	22

Outs
0	21
1	19
2	12

19 Opps
PHI	8
NYM	5
PIT	5
LAD	4
FLA	4
SFG	3
SDP	3
CIN	3
MON	3
COL	2
STL	2
CHC	2
ATL	2
MIN	1
OAK	1
ANA	1
NYY	1
DET	1
MIL	1

48 Pitchers
Dennis Martínez	2
Brad Brink	2
Greg Harris	2
Ramón Martínez	2
Orlando Hernández	1
Scott Erickson	1
José Rijo	1
Rod Beck	1
Curt Leskanic	1
Sean Bergman	1
Jeff Weaver	1
Paul Wagner	1
Frank Castillo	1
Ted Power	1
Omar Olivares	1
Andy Ashby	1
Mike Judd	1
Jon Lieber	1
Charlie Hough	1
Mike Stanton	1
Jason Isringhausen	1
Steve Trachsel	1
Rod Nichols	1
Kent Bottenfield	1
Dave Burba	1
Armando Reynoso	1
Curt Schilling	1
Joey Hamilton	1
John Johnstone	1
John Burkett	1
Bryan Eversgerd	1
Dennis Moeller	1
Brian Meadows	1
Doug Drabek	1
Ben Rivera	1
Marc Valdes	1
David West	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Bobby Muñoz	1
Reid Cornelius	1
Kevin Jarvis	1
Bob McClure	1
Bryan Hickerson	1
Bob Patterson	1
Bret Saberhagen	1
Kevin Gross	1
Troy Percival	1
Jerry Dipoto	1

17 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	15
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
Astrodome (HOU)	5
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
9	30
89	16
78	3
8	2
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	13
1	13
3	10
4	8
6	3
7+	2
5	2
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	9
12-	7
-23	3
-2-	3
123	2
--3	2
1-3	2

96 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	24
1 on	14
2 on	12
3 on	2
Any on	28

Inning
1	1
2	6
3	5
4	7
5	3
6	11
7	5
8	9
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	12
4-6	21
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	17
-1	8
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	15
Tied	17
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	13
1-0	10
3-2	5
1-1	5
1-2	4
2-1	4
2-0	4
0-1	3
3-1	2
0-2	1
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	39
PH	6
RF	6
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	16
4th	13
6th	12
7th	4
9th	4
3rd	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-09-19	CHC		PIT	Ted Power	behind 4-8	b 8	1	12-	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	3	5	7	0.167	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores; A. Dawson Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1991-09-24	CHC		PHI	Andy Ashby	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	PH	0.067	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. May Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1992-06-12	CHC		MON	Dennis Martínez	tied 2-2	b 8	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	7	0.388	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sandberg Scores; A. Dawson Scores; D. May Scores
4	4	2	1	1992-06-19	CHC	@	PHI	Brad Brink	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	6	7	0.200	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Grace Scores; D. May Scores
5	5	3	2	1992-06-19	CHC	@	PHI	Brad Brink	tied 2-2	t 6	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	7	0.266	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Sandberg Scores; A. Dawson Scores; D. May Scores
6	6	4	1	1992-07-16	CHC	@	PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 0-2	t 6	1	---	7,(3-2) .BFBBFFX	1	9	PH	0.118	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. May Scores
7	7	5	1	1992-08-24	CHC	@	SDP	Greg Harris	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	12-	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	5	7	0.113	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores; A. Dawson Scores; D. May Scores
8	8	6	1	1992-09-07	CHC	@	PIT	Bob Patterson	tied 3-3	t 11	1	1-3	1,(0-0) ...X	3	5	7	0.278	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sandberg Scores; A. Dawson Scores; D. May Scores
9	9	7	1	1992-09-14	CHC		NYM	Bret Saberhagen	tied 5-5	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	7	0.181	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. May Scores
10	10	8	1	1992-09-18	CHC		STL	Bob McClure	tied 7-7	b 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) ..1X	2	6	7	0.305	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Buechele Scores; D. May Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1993-04-09	CHC	@	PHI	Ben Rivera	tied 3-3	t 3	1	1--	8,(3-2) BSBFFF1B>X	2	4	7	0.197	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Grace Scores
12	12	2	2	1993-04-09	CHC	@	PHI	David West	ahead 6-5	t 7	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	7	0.204	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); W. Wilson Scores; M. Grace Scores
13	13	3	1	1993-04-10	CHC	@	PHI	Terry Mulholland	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	0.178	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores/unER; D. May Scores/unER
14	14	4	1	1993-05-15	CHC		PIT	Dennis Moeller	ahead 8-5	b 6	1	-23	3,(1-1) FB.X	3	5	7	0.042	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores; R. Sandberg Scores
15	15	5	1	1993-06-03	CHC	@	MON	Dennis Martínez	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	5	7	0.079	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	6	1	1993-06-05	CHC	@	MON	Kent Bottenfield	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	9	7	0.020	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	7	1	1993-06-13	CHC	@	SFG	John Burkett	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(0-2) C1CX	2	5	7	0.240	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores
18	18	8	1	1993-07-06	CHC		CIN	José Rijo	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	0.113	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
19	19	9	1	1993-07-16	CHC		COL	Curt Leskanic	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	7	0.120	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores
20	20	10	1	1993-08-27	CHC	@	ATL	Mike Stanton	behind 5-6	t 7	1	123	1,(0-0) .X	4	4	7	0.396	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Smith Scores; R. Sandberg Scores/unER; M. Grace Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1994-04-23	CHC	@	COL	Greg Harris	behind 0-8	t 9	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Grace Scores
22	22	2	1	1994-05-13	CHC		FLA	Charlie Hough	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	0.132	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	3	1	1994-05-22	CHC		SFG	Rod Beck	tied 5-5	b 11	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	5	7	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	4	1	1994-05-23	CHC	@	LAD	Kevin Gross	tied 3-3	t 6	1	-23	2,(0-1) FX	3	5	7	0.229	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); R. Sandberg Scores; M. Grace Scores/unER
25	25	5	1	1994-05-30	CHC		PHI	Bobby Muñoz	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	0.126	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	6	1	1994-07-31	CHC	@	STL	Bryan Eversgerd	ahead 6-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	0.025	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	1994-08-03	CHC		FLA	John Johnstone	behind 2-6	b 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	7	0.051	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	1994-08-10	CHC		SFG	Bryan Hickerson	behind 1-5	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	0.043	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1995-05-29	MIL		MIN	Scott Erickson	behind 1-5	b 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	7	0.230	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Listach Scores; J. Oliver Scores
30	30	2	1	1995-07-19	HOU	@	LAD	Ramón Martínez	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	5	7	0.198	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Magadan Scores/unER; D. May Scores/unER
31	31	3	1	1995-07-24	HOU		LAD	Ramón Martínez	behind 2-6	b 9	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	7	0.067	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Magadan Scores; T. Eusebio Scores
32	32	4	1	1995-08-29	HOU	@	ATL	Rod Nichols	tied 7-7	t 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) .1B1BX	2	2	PH	0.393	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Hunter Scores
33	33	5	1	1995-09-02	HOU		FLA	Marc Valdes	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	0.092	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Hunter Scores
34	34	6	1	1995-09-05	HOU		CIN	Kevin Jarvis	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	123	5,(3-1) .FBBBX	4	6	PH	0.031	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Biggio Scores; J. Bagwell Scores; D. Magadan Scores
35	35	7	1	1995-09-12	HOU	@	NYM	Reid Cornelius	tied 2-2	t 6	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	9	0.232	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Bagwell Scores/unER
36	36	8	1	1995-09-30	HOU	@	CHC	Frank Castillo	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	1	4	9	0.083	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	9	1	1995-10-01	HOU	@	CHC	Steve Trachsel	behind 0-6	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	7	0.029	8%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1996-04-21	HOU		CIN	Dave Burba	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	0.094	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	2	1	1996-04-28	HOU	@	SDP	Sean Bergman	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	7	0.097	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	3	1	1996-05-17	HOU		PIT	Jon Lieber	behind 1-2	b 8	0	--3	6,(3-2) ...BFBBFX	2	9	PH	0.301	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Gutiérrez Scores
41	41	4	1	1996-07-14 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	Jason Isringhausen	tied 1-1	t 6	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	6	7	0.264	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Bell Scores
42	42	5	2	1996-07-14 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	Jerry Dipoto	tied 3-3	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	7	0.291	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1997-04-06	PHI	@	SDP	Joey Hamilton	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	4	9	0.171	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1998-07-24 (2)	MON	@	MIL	Paul Wagner	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	0.037	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
45	45	2	1	1998-08-05	MON		LAD	Mike Judd	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	3	7	0.015	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
46	46	3	1	1998-09-04	MON	@	FLA	Brian Meadows	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.019	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	4	1	1998-09-19	MON	@	PHI	Curt Schilling	behind 1-2	t 6	1	-2-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	3	7	0.262	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Guerrero Scores
48	48	5	1	1998-09-22	MON	@	NYM	Armando Reynoso	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.083	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1999-08-27	BAL	@	DET	Jeff Weaver	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) BFSX	1	6	DH	0.227	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	1999-09-19	BAL	@	ANA	Troy Percival	behind 3-4	t 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	PH	0.476	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Conine Scores
51	51	3	1	1999-09-23 (2)	BAL		OAK	Omar Olivares	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	-23	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	5	9	0.149	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); B. Surhoff Scores/unER; A. Belle Scores/unER; D. May Scores/unER
52	52	4	1	1999-09-30 (2)	BAL		NYY	Orlando Hernández	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.125	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)