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Debut:
April 15, 1915 |
1918 was Carl Mays's third full season with the Red Sox. He was 26 years old. Mays tied Walter Johnson for the American League lead with 8 shutouts and tied Scott Perry for the AL lead with 30 complete games. He was third in wins, four in innings pitched, fifth in strikeouts and fifth in fewest hits allowed per game. According to Total Baseball's "Total Baseball Ranking," Mays was the fifth most valuable player in the American League that year.
Mays won the Red Sox's World Series-clinching game -- a three-hitter over the Chicago Cubs on September 11, 1918 at Fenway Park. He walked out on the Red Sox the following July and was traded to the New York Yankees. Mays played 4½ years in New York, 5 years in Cincinnati and ended his career in 1929 with the New York Giants.
Mays was also a good-hitting pitcher, hitting .268 over a 15-year career; he batted .343 (49-143) for the 1921 Yankees. Despite a career that is worthy of the Hall of Fame, Mays will always be remembered for throwing the pitch that led to Ray Chapman's death in 1920.
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA lgERA ERA+
1915 23 BOS AL 6 5 38 6 2 0 7 131.2 119 38 0 21 65 2.60 2.79 107
1916 24 BOS AL 18 13 44 24 14 2 3 245.0 208 65 3 74 76 2.39 2.77 116
1917 25 BOS AL 22 9 35 33 27 2 0 289.0 230 56 1 74 91 1.74 2.58 148
1918 26 BOS AL 21 13 35 33 30 8 0 293.1 230 72 2 81 114 2.21 2.69 122
1919 27 BOS AL 5 11 21 16 14 2 2 146.0 131 40 3 40 53 2.47 3.03 123
NYY AL 9 3 13 13 12 1 0 120.0 96 22 2 37 54 1.65 3.19 193
TOT AL 14 14 34 29 26 3 2 266.0 227 62 5 77 107 2.10 3.10 148
1920 28 NYY AL 26 11 45 37 26 6 2 312.0 310 106 13 84 92 3.06 3.83 125
1921 29 NYY AL 27 9 49 38 30 1 7 336.2 332 114 11 76 70 3.05 4.24 139
1922 30 NYY AL 12 14 34 29 21 1 2 240.0 257 96 12 50 41 3.60 3.99 111
1923 31 NYY AL 5 2 23 7 2 0 0 81.1 119 56 8 32 16 6.20 3.94 64
1924 32 CIN NL 20 9 37 27 15 2 0 226.0 238 79 3 36 63 3.15 3.75 119
1925 33 CIN NL 3 5 12 5 3 0 2 51.2 60 19 0 13 10 3.31 4.09 124
1926 34 CIN NL 19 12 39 33 24 3 1 281.0 286 98 3 53 58 3.14 3.71 118
1927 35 CIN NL 3 7 14 9 6 0 0 82.0 89 32 1 10 17 3.51 3.80 108
1928 36 CIN NL 4 1 14 7 4 1 1 62.2 67 27 3 22 10 3.88 3.95 102
1929 37 NYG NL 7 2 37 8 1 0 4 123.0 140 59 8 31 32 4.32 4.57 106
15 Yr WL% .622 207 126 490 325 231 29 31 3021.1 2912 979 73 734 862 2.92 3.48 119
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP
1915 23 BOS AL 38 38 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 .237 .310 .263 10 2 1
1916 24 BOS AL 48 77 8 18 1 2 0 8 0 16 19 .234 .366 .299 23 3 0
1917 25 BOS AL 35 107 9 27 3 3 0 14 0 6 11 .252 .292 .336 36 2 0
1918 26 BOS AL 38 104 10 30 3 3 0 5 1 9 15 .288 .357 .375 39 4 2
1919 27 BOS AL 22 53 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 .151 .211 .151 8 2 0
NYY AL 13 45 6 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 .311 .311 .378 17 1 0
TOT AL 35 98 9 22 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 5 .224 .255 .255 25 3 0
1920 28 NYY AL 45 109 10 26 4 2 0 13 0 0 5 12 .239 .272 .312 34 8 0
1921 29 NYY AL 51 143 18 49 5 1 2 22 0 0 4 7 .343 .365 .434 62 8 1
1922 30 NYY AL 35 92 7 23 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 10 .250 .266 .283 26 3 0
1923 31 NYY AL 23 27 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 4 .148 .233 .333 9 1 0
1924 32 CIN NL 38 83 9 24 6 2 1 12 0 0 4 12 .289 .322 .446 37 0 0
1925 33 CIN NL 12 16 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 .250 .333 .375 6 0 0
1926 34 CIN NL 39 98 12 22 2 4 0 8 0 3 7 .224 .248 .327 32 7 0
1927 35 CIN NL 14 32 5 13 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 .406 .406 .594 19 1 0
1928 36 CIN NL 14 27 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 .296 .296 .333 9 0 0
1929 37 NYG NL 37 34 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 5 2 .353 .436 .382 13 2 0
15 Seasons 502 1085 113 291 32 21 5 110 1 1 66 116 .268 .313 .350 380 44 4
Fielding
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF GS Inn
1915 23 BOS AL P 38 9 44 2 0 .964 .937 3.62 3.01 6 131.2
1916 24 BOS AL P 44 13 117 6 5 .956 .945 4.78 2.98 24 245.0
1917 25 BOS AL P 35 22 118 1 5 .993 .947 4.36 3.04 33 289.0
1918 26 BOS AL P 35 16 122 8 3 .945 .952 4.23 2.82 33 293.1
1919 27 BOS AL P 21 9 49 2 5 .967 .948 3.58 2.83 16 146.0
NYY AL P 13 10 37 3 1 .940 .948 3.52 2.83 13 120.0
TOT AL P 34 19 86 5 6 .955 .948 3.55 2.83 29 266.0
1920 28 NYY AL P 45 19 106 1 5 .992 .949 3.61 2.70 37 312.0
1921 29 NYY AL P 49 8 104 2 4 .982 .956 2.99 2.70 38 336.2
1922 30 NYY AL P 34 8 94 5 4 .953 .963 3.83 2.60 29 240.0
1923 31 NYY AL P 23 8 32 1 2 .976 .959 4.43 2.72 7 81.1
1924 32 CIN NL P 37 13 94 5 5 .955 .965 4.26 2.52 27 226.0
1925 33 CIN NL P 12 3 15 2 3 .900 .957 3.13 2.44 5 51.2
1926 34 CIN NL P 39 16 117 4 10 .971 .958 4.26 2.57 33 281.0
1927 35 CIN NL P 14 5 38 0 1 1.000 .958 4.72 2.33 9 82.0
1928 36 CIN NL P 14 3 17 1 0 .952 .966 2.87 2.43 7 62.2
1929 37 NYG NL P 37 12 34 1 3 .979 .964 3.37 2.39 8 123.0
Position Total P 490 174 1138 44 56 .968 .953 3.91 2.73 325 3024.1
World Series Pitching
Year Tm Opp G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO 1916 BOS BRO 2 5.06 0-1 1 0 5.3 8 3 3 2 1918 BOS CHC 2 1.00 2-0 0 2 18.0 10 2 3 5 1921 NYY NYG 3 1.73 1-2 0 3 26.0 20 5 0 9 1922 NYY NYG 1 4.50 0-1 0 0 8.0 9 4 2 1 4 World Series 8 2.20 3-4 1 5 57.3 47 14 8 17
World Series Batting
Year Tm Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1916 BOS BRO 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 1918 BOS CHC 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 0 1921 NYY NYG 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 0 1922 NYY NYG 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 4 World Series 8 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118 .167 .118 0
Minor League Pitching
Year Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1912 Boise WTS 22 9 35 28 28 4 1 280.2 207 93 65 54 260 2.08
1913 Portland NWL 10 15 33 27 21 3 1 250 202 92 68 54 159 2.45
1914 Providence IL 24 8 36 31 28 4 2 273 249 94 78 73 129 2.57
1930 Portland PCL 5 9 19 18 10 0 0 144 178 105 76 36 43 4.75
Toledo AA 3 1 6 6 3 0 0 42.1 52 18 15 4 6 3.19
1931 Toledo/
Louisville AA 11 15 32 27 15 2 0 204 248 129 98 54 54 4.32
TOTALS 75 57 161 137 105 13 4 1194 1136 531 400 275 651 3.02
Minor Leagues: WTS - West Tri-State League; NWL - Northwest League; IL - International League; PCL - Pacific Coast League; AA - American Association.