How Derrick May's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Derrick May posted a career Batting Average of .271, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1993, posting .295, above the league average of .266 that year. The lowest point came in 1991 at .227, below the league average of .253 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .228 in 1997 to .239 in 1998 and .265 in 1999. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 9 seasons.
Derrick May Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Derrick May
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| Career | 0.271 | 2386 | 2200 | 0.284 |
| Season Avg. | 0.271 | 238.6 | 220 | 0.284 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.271 | 484.98 | 447.18 | 0.284 |
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Derrick May Batting Average Per Season
Derrick May's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Derrick May Batting Average by Team
Derrick May's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Derrick May Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Derrick May's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Derrick May Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Derrick May's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Derrick May Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Derrick May's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
