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Darrell May Royals

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
7 29 .077 .111 .077 .110 2.1
Birth Date6-13-1972
Height6' 2"
Weight190 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsL

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1995 ATL 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.1
1996 CAL 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 -0.2
1996 PIT 24 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .242 -4.8 0.1 -0.4
1997 ANA 25 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -.007 6.0 -0.1 0.6
2002 KCA 30 30 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .114 8.8 0.1 0.9
2003 KCA 31 35 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .046 17.9 -2.0 1.6
2004 KCA 32 31 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .153 7.1 -4.7 0.2
2005 NYA 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
2005 SDN 33 22 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .108 -3.2 0.0 -0.3
Career1612926120002113002000.077.111.077.11031.8-6.82.1

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
1994 GRN AA 11 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .154 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 ATL MLB 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
1995 GRN AA 15 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 RIC AAA 10 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CAL MLB 5 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2
1996 PIT MLB 5 3 .242 .281 .337 .390 .000 .500 96 -0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 -0.0 0.4 0.0 -4.8 -0.4
1996 CLG AAA 23 28 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .083 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 ANA MLB 29 2 -.007 .229 .307 .341 .000 .000 97 -0.6 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 6.0 0.6
2002 KCA MLB 30 5 .114 .258 .343 .389 .000 .000 92 -0.8 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 8.8 0.9
2003 KCA MLB 35 5 .046 .246 .293 .357 .000 .000 87 -1.2 0.1 0.7 -2.0 0.0 0.1 -0.2 17.9 1.6
2004 KCA MLB 31 4 .153 .271 .317 .422 .000 .000 92 -0.5 0.1 0.6 -4.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 7.1 0.2
2005 NYA MLB 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4
2005 SDN MLB 22 10 .108 .273 .322 .432 .000 .250 92 -1.6 0.3 1.4 0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 -3.2 -0.3
2006 LOU AAA 1 3 .421 .301 .369 .469 .000 1.000 99 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.5 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB29.110.264.320.401.253.15492-4.80.74.2-6.8-0.1-1.2-0.826.01.9

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
1994 GRN AA 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .143 .182 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 GRN AA 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 RIC AAA 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 ATL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.1
1996 CLG AAA 28 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 13 0 0 .053 .143 .053 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 CAL MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.0 -0.2
1996 PIT MLB 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .000 .242 -4.8 0.1 -0.4
1997 ANA MLB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.007 6.0 -0.1 0.6
2002 KCA MLB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .000 .114 8.8 0.1 0.9
2003 KCA MLB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .046 17.9 -2.0 1.6
2004 KCA MLB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .153 7.1 -4.7 0.2
2005 NYA MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 -0.4
2005 SDN MLB 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .000 .108 -3.2 0.0 -0.3
2006 LOU AAA 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .500 .667 .500 .000 .421 0.0 0.5 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2002-04-14 2002-05-18 15-DL 34 29 Left Groin Strain -
2002-03-29 2002-04-13 15-DL 15 9 Left Groin Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 SDN $3,225,000
2004 KCA $1,750,000
2003 KCA $450,000
2002 KCA $375,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$5,800,000
4 yrTotal$5,800,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 114 dPaul Cohen

Details
  • signed as a free agent from MIN 4/06 (minor-league contract) released 3/06 signed as a free agent from NYY 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 7/05 contract purchased 7/05 acquired in trade from SD 7/05 (SD also pd NYY cash)
  • contract purchased 3/05
  • sent outright to Triple-A 1/05
  • 2 year/$4.95M (05-06), 05:$3.225M ($3.2+$25K bonuses reached in 04) acquired in trade from KC 11/04 FA after 06
  • 04:$1.75M, 05:$3.2M+$50K bonuses
  • re-signed 1/04 (avoided arbitration)
  • 1 year/$0.45M (03)
  • re-signed 3/03
  • 1 year/$0.375M (02)
  • signed as a free agent from Japan 12/01 (29 y o)

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