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Erskine Mayer
Jacob Erskine Mayer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 168 lb.
School Georgia Institute of Technology

Debut September 4, 1912
Final Game September 27, 1919
Born January 16, 1890 in Atlanta, GA
Died March 10, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA

Brother of Sam Mayer

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 22 PHI NL   0   1   7   1   0   0   2  0   21.3   27   15   15   1    7    5   0   0    95       0  6.33  3.60   57 1.594
 1913 23 PHI NL   9   9  39  19   7   2  13  1  170.7  172   77   59   6   46   51   9   4   706       1  3.11  3.32  107 1.277
 1914 24 PHI NL  21  19  48  39  24   4   8  2  321.0  308  135   92   8   91  116  13   2  1343       1  2.58  2.92  113 1.243
 1915 25 PHI NL  21  15  43  33  20   2   8  2  274.7  240   94   72   9   59  114  14   0  1092       1  2.36  2.74  116 1.089
 1916 26 PHI NL   7   7  28  16   7   2   8  0  140.0  148   58   49   7   33   62   4   3   580       1  3.15  2.64   84 1.293
 1917 27 PHI NL  11   6  28  18  11   1   6  0  160.0  160   62   49   6   33   64   4   2   649       0  2.76  2.81  102 1.206
 1918 28 TOT NL  16   7  28  27  18   1   0  0  227.3  230   86   67   3   53   41   8   1   940       0  2.65  2.92  110 1.245
         PHI NL   7   4  13  13   7   0   0  0  104.0  108   46   36   2   26   16   4   1   432       0  3.12  2.98   96 1.288
         PIT NL   9   3  15  14  11   1   0  0  123.3  122   40   31   1   27   25   4   0   508       0  2.26  2.87  127 1.208
 1919 29 TOT      6   6  24  12   6   0   9  1  112.0  130   73   66   3   23   29   2   3   501       0  5.30  3.06   58 1.366
         PIT NL   5   3  18  10   6   0   8  1   88.3  100   50   44   2   12   20   2   1   395       0  4.48  3.03   67 1.268
         CHW AL   1   3   6   2   0   0   1  0   23.7   30   23   22   1   11    9   0   2   106       0  8.37  3.19   38 1.732
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .565  91  70 245 165  93  12  54  6 1427.0 1415  600  469  43  345  482  54  15  5906       4  2.96  2.92   99 1.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  11  40  27  15   1   8  0  236.7  234   99   77   7   57   79   8   2   979   0   0  2.96  2.92   99 1.233
 Career High     21  19  48  39  24   4  13  2  321.0  308  135   92   9   91  116  14   4  1343   0   1  2.36  3.32  116 1.089

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 22 PHI NL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1913 23 PHI NL  39   50    0    6   2  0   0    0   0      3  12  .120  .170  .160   -7    8   0           0    
 1914 24 PHI NL  48  108   10   21   4  1   1    5   0      6  24  .194  .237  .278   49   30   3           0    
 1915 25 PHI NL  43   88    7   21   2  1   1    7   0      4  24  .239  .280  .318   80   28   5           1    
 1916 26 PHI NL  28   38    2    5   0  0   0    3   0      4   8  .132  .214  .132    6    5   2           0    
 1917 27 PHI NL  28   51    7   10   1  0   0    2   0      2  11  .196  .226  .216   34   11   5           0    
 1918 28 TOT NL  28   79    9   15   1  5   0   10   0      6  17  .190  .247  .329   72   26   4           0    
         PHI NL  13   37    3    8   0  2   0    7   0      1   8  .216  .237  .324   66   12   3           0    
         PIT NL  15   42    6    7   1  3   0    3   0      5   9  .167  .255  .333   77   14   1           0    
 1919 29 TOT     24   36    4    6   0  0   0    1   0      3  12  .167  .231  .167   17    6   1           0    
         PIT NL  18   29    4    6   0  0   0    1   0      3   9  .207  .281  .207   46    6   1           0    
         CHW AL   6    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      245  453   39   84  10  7   2   28   0  0  28 109  .185  .234  .252   43  114  20   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        300   26   56   7  5   1   19   0  0  19  72  .185  .234  .252   43   75  13   0   0   1   0
 Career High     48  108   10   21   4  5   1   10   0  0   6  24                          30   5   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 22 PHI NL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .287| .000  .358| .000  .391| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
 1913 23 PHI NL   53   44    1   0.6    95| .120  .274| .170  .340| .160  .373| .330  .713|  -7  .033  -7.1  -0.8     
 1914 24 PHI NL  117   90    7   2.1    89| .194  .266| .237  .334| .278  .355| .515  .690|  49  .277  -7.4  -0.8     
 1915 25 PHI NL   98   72    8   3.0    81| .239  .257| .280  .320| .318  .344| .598  .664|  80  .456  -2.5  -0.3     
 1916 26 PHI NL   44   35    1   0.8    81| .132  .259| .214  .318| .132  .345| .346  .663|   6  .065  -4.2  -0.5     
 1917 27 PHI NL   58   46    2   1.2    81| .196  .261| .226  .319| .216  .344| .442  .663|  34  .129  -4.1  -0.5     
 1918 28 TOT NL   89   68    7   2.8    83| .190  .267| .247  .325| .329  .344| .576  .669|  72  .405  -3.4  -0.4     
         PHI NL   41   32    3   2.5    85| .216  .269| .237  .328| .324  .348| .561  .675|  66  .365  -2.0  -0.2     
         PIT NL   48   36    4   3.0    82| .167  .265| .255  .323| .333  .342| .588  .664|  77  .439  -1.5  -0.2     
 1919 29 TOT      40   31    2   1.7    87| .167  .270| .231  .327| .167  .357| .398  .684|  17  .205  -3.8  -0.4     
         PIT NL   33   24    2   2.2    85| .207  .269| .281  .324| .207  .353| .488  .677|  46  .302  -1.9  -0.2     
         CHW AL    7    7    0   0.0    96| .000  .277| .000  .343| .000  .373| .000  .716|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       502  389   28   1.9    85| .185  .264| .234  .327| .252  .351| .486  .678|  43  .257 -33.4  -3.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 22 PHI NL P 7 1 6 1 2 .875 .946 1.00 1.54 2.96 2.54 1 21.3 1913 23 PHI NL P 39 3 48 1 2 .981 .955 1.31 1.57 2.69 2.61 19 170.7 1914 24 PHI NL P 48 14 105 5 1 .960 .943 2.48 1.65 3.34 2.68 39 321.0 1915 25 PHI NL P 43 14 74 2 3 .978 .952 2.05 1.68 2.88 2.72 33 274.7 1916 26 PHI NL P 28 9 50 3 3 .952 .959 2.11 1.63 3.79 2.67 16 140.0 1917 27 PHI NL P 28 5 43 3 4 .941 .962 1.71 1.78 2.70 2.85 18 160.0 1918 28 TOT NL P 28 10 58 0 2 1.000 .966 2.43 2.03 2.69 2.93 27 227.3 PHI NL P 13 6 31 0 0 1.000 .966 2.85 2.03 3.20 2.93 13 104.0 PIT NL P 15 4 27 0 2 1.000 .966 2.07 2.03 2.26 2.93 14 123.3 1919 29 TOT P 24 2 27 1 0 .967 .957 1.21 1.86 2.33 2.91 12 112.0 PIT NL P 18 2 21 1 0 .958 .958 1.28 1.89 2.34 2.93 10 88.3 CHW AL P 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.77 2.28 2.85 2 23.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 22 PHI NL P 7 1 6 1 2 .875 .946 1.00 1.54 2.96 2.54 1 21.3 1913 23 PHI NL P 39 3 48 1 2 .981 .955 1.31 1.57 2.69 2.61 19 170.7 1914 24 PHI NL P 48 14 105 5 1 .960 .943 2.48 1.65 3.34 2.68 39 321.0 1915 25 PHI NL P 43 14 74 2 3 .978 .952 2.05 1.68 2.88 2.72 33 274.7 1916 26 PHI NL P 28 9 50 3 3 .952 .959 2.11 1.63 3.79 2.67 16 140.0 1917 27 PHI NL P 28 5 43 3 4 .941 .962 1.71 1.78 2.70 2.85 18 160.0 1918 28 TOT NL P 28 10 58 0 2 1.000 .966 2.43 2.03 2.69 2.93 27 227.3 PHI NL P 13 6 31 0 0 1.000 .966 2.85 2.03 3.20 2.93 13 104.0 PIT NL P 15 4 27 0 2 1.000 .966 2.07 2.03 2.26 2.93 14 123.3 1919 29 TOT P 24 2 27 1 0 .967 .957 1.21 1.86 2.33 2.91 12 112.0 PIT NL P 18 2 21 1 0 .958 .958 1.28 1.89 2.34 2.93 10 88.3 CHW AL P 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.77 2.28 2.85 2 23.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 245 58 411 16 17 .967 .954 1.91 1.72 2.96 2.75 165 1427.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 245 58 411 16 17 .967 .954 1.91 1.72 2.96 2.75 165 1427
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    PHI BOS     L   2   2   2.38  0  1  0  1  11.1  16   3   2   7 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   3   2   2.19  0  1  0  1  12.1  16   3   3   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1915   WS    PHI BOS     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1914 NL-21-7
1915 NL-21-3
1918 NL-16-7

Won-Loss %
1917 NL-.647-8
1918 NL-.696-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1915 NL-1.089-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1915 NL-1.93-10
1917 NL-1.86-10

Games
1914 NL-48-2
1915 NL-43-8

Saves
1914 NL-2-10

Innings
1914 NL-321.0-5
1915 NL-274.7-10

Strikeouts
1915 NL-114-9

Games Started
1914 NL-39-3
1915 NL-33-9

Comp. Games
1914 NL-24-7
1915 NL-20-6
1918 NL-18-10

Shutouts
1914 NL-4-9

Home Runs Allow.
1914 NL-8-7
1915 NL-9-1
1916 NL-7-4
1917 NL-6-5
1918 NL-3-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1914 NL-91-10

Hits Allowed
1914 NL-308-3
1915 NL-240-9
1918 NL-230-4

SO to Walk
1915 NL-1.93-9
1917 NL-1.94-9

Losses
1914 NL-19-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1914 NL-92-3
1918 NL-67-10

Hit Batsmen
1913 NL-9-7
1914 NL-13-3
1915 NL-14-4
1918 NL-8-6

Batters Faced
1914 NL-1343-2
1915 NL-1092-10
1918 NL-940-10

Adjusted ERA+
1915 NL-116-9

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 46 (544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 20.0 (290) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 23.0 (530) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 17, 1912: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Atlanta (Southern Association) for $2,500.

July 1, 1918: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Elmer Jacobs.

August, 1919: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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