Derrick May (baseball)

Derrick May
Left fielder / Coach
Born: (1968-07-14) July 14, 1968
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 6, 1990, for the Chicago Cubs
NPB: March 24, 2001, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last appearance
MLB: October 3, 1999, for the Baltimore Orioles
NPB: May 6, 2003, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
MLB statistics
Batting average.271
Home runs52
Runs batted in310
NPB statistics
Batting average.274
Home runs59
Runs batted in200
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Derrick Brant May (born July 14, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1990 to 1999 for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, and Baltimore Orioles. He also played three seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), from 2001 until 2003, for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

May was the assistant hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016. He was the manager of the Frederick Keys of the MLB Draft League in 2021. In 2022 he was the Organization Hitting Coordinator for the SSG Landers of the KBO League.

May was the 1993 Delaware Athlete of the Year, a 2014 Delaware Sports Hall of Fame inductee, and a 2015 Delaware Afro-American Hall of Fame inductee. In 2019 he was elected into the Delaware Baseball Hall of Fame at Frawley Stadium.

Derrick May was recently named Director of the Baseball Division for Rise Above Sports Group.