Derrick May
Chicago Cubs 1990–1994; Houston Astros 1995; Milwaukee Brewers 1995; Houston Astros 1996; Philadelphia Phillies 1997; Montreal Expos 1998; Baltimore Orioles 1999
Percentile snapshot
1994 season — qualified batters
of 157 qualified 1994 batters (min 350 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17 | 63 | 61 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .270 | .344 | .614 | 59.4 | 63.1 | .281 | -0.2 |
| 1991 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .280 | .455 | .735 | 93.7 | 99.2 | .323 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 124 | 371 | 351 | 33 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 3 | .274 | .306 | .373 | .679 | 85.7 | 89.3 | .309 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 128 | 503 | 465 | 62 | 137 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 77 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 3 | .295 | .336 | .422 | .757 | 100.9 | 103.1 | .336 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 100 | 378 | 345 | 43 | 98 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .284 | .340 | .420 | .760 | 97.6 | 98.1 | .337 | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 110 | 348 | 319 | 44 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 1 | .282 | .333 | .436 | .769 | 103.3 | 104.8 | .343 | 0.9 |
| 1996 | 109 | 294 | 259 | 24 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .251 | .330 | .378 | .708 | 88.8 | 93.2 | .312 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 83 | 158 | 149 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .228 | .266 | .295 | .561 | 36.6 | 46.8 | .247 | -1.0 |
| 1998 | 85 | 192 | 180 | 13 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .281 | .367 | .648 | 65.9 | 70.0 | .287 | -0.5 |
| 1999 | 26 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .315 | .510 | .825 | 106.5 | 110.3 | .352 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-10-01 | HOU @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1992-06-19 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 1993-04-09 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1996-07-14 | HOU @ NYM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1992-09-14 | NYM @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.