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Duster Mails
John Walter Mails (Walter and The Great)

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 1, 1894 in San Quentin, CA
High School: Christian Brothers (Sacramento, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1915
Final Game: April 29, 1926
Died: July 5, 1974 in San Francisco, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1915	20	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	0	24	77	2.200	10.8	3.6	9.0	5.4	0.60
1916	21	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	3.63	11	0	10	0	0	0	17.1	15	7	7	1	9	13	0	0	1	73	73	1.385	7.8	0.5	4.7	6.8	1.44

1920	25	CLE	AL	7	0	1.000	1.85	9	8	1	6	2	0	63.1	54	18	13	1	18	25	0	0	1	253	207	1.137	7.7	0.1	2.6	3.6	1.39
1921	26	CLE	AL	14	8	.636	3.94	34	24	4	10	2	2	194.1	210	103	85	4	89	87	2	0	2	861	109	1.539	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.0	0.98
1922	27	CLE	AL	4	7	.364	5.28	26	13	7	4	1	0	104.0	122	69	61	8	40	54	4	0	2	477	76	1.558	10.6	0.7	3.5	4.7	1.35

1925	30	STL	NL	7	7	.500	4.60	21	14	2	9	0	0	131.0	145	78	67	11	58	49	7	0	1	592	95	1.550	10.0	0.8	4.0	3.4	0.84
1926	31	STL	NL	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8		3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
7 Seasons				32	25	.561	4.10	104	59	26	29	5	2	516.0	554	281	235	27	220	232	13	0	7	2288	101	1.500	9.7	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.05
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.561	4.10	43	25	11	12	2	1	215	231	117	98	11	92	97	5	0	3	955	101	1.500	9.7	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.05

CLE (3 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.96	69	45	12	20	5	2	361.2	386	190	159	13	147	166	6	0	5	1591	104	1.474	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.1	1.13
STL (2 yrs)				7	8	.467	4.57	22	14	2	9	0	0	132.0	147	79	67	11	59	50	7	0	1	600	95	1.561	10.0	0.8	4.0	3.4	0.85
BRO (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.63	13	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	9	3	14	16	0	0	1	97	74	1.567	8.5	1.2	5.6	6.4	1.14

NL (4 yrs)				7	10	.412	4.43	35	14	14	9	0	0	154.1	168	91	76	14	73	66	7	0	2	697	93	1.562	9.8	0.8	4.3	3.8	0.90
AL (3 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.96	69	45	12	20	5	2	361.2	386	190	159	13	147	166	6	0	5	1591	104	1.474	9.6	0.3	3.7	4.1	1.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1920	25	CLE	AL	WS	W	BRO	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	1	1	0	15.2	6	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	58	0.766	3.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1 WS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	1	1	0	15.2	6	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	58	0.766	3.4	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1915	20	0	1	.000	3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	24	77	2.200	10.8	3.6	9.0	5.4	0.60	77
1916	21	0	2	.000	3.63	13	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	9	3	14	16	0	1	97	74	1.567	8.5	1.2	5.6	6.4	1.14	74
1917	22	0	2	.000	3.63	13	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	9	3	14	16	0	1	97	74	1.567	8.5	1.2	5.6	6.4	1.14	74
1918	23	0	2	.000	3.63	13	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	9	3	14	16	0	1	97	74	1.567	8.5	1.2	5.6	6.4	1.14	74
1919	24	0	2	.000	3.63	13	0	12	0	0	0	22.1	21	12	9	3	14	16	0	1	97	74	1.567	8.5	1.2	5.6	6.4	1.14	74
1920	25	7	2	.778	2.31	22	8	13	6	2	0	85.2	75	30	22	4	32	41	0	2	350	153	1.249	7.9	0.4	3.4	4.3	1.28	153
1921	26	21	10	.677	3.44	56	32	17	16	4	2	280.0	285	133	107	8	121	128	2	4	1211	118	1.450	9.2	0.3	3.9	4.1	1.06	118
1922	27	25	17	.595	3.94	82	45	24	20	5	2	384.0	407	202	168	16	161	182	6	6	1688	103	1.479	9.5	0.4	3.8	4.3	1.13	103
1923	28	25	17	.595	3.94	82	45	24	20	5	2	384.0	407	202	168	16	161	182	6	6	1688	103	1.479	9.5	0.4	3.8	4.3	1.13	103
1924	29	25	17	.595	3.94	82	45	24	20	5	2	384.0	407	202	168	16	161	182	6	6	1688	103	1.479	9.5	0.4	3.8	4.3	1.13	103
1925	30	32	24	.571	4.11	103	59	26	29	5	2	515.0	552	280	235	27	219	231	13	7	2280	100	1.497	9.6	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.05	100
1926	31	32	25	.561	4.10	104	59	26	29	5	2	516.0	554	281	235	27	220	232	13	7	2288	101	1.500	9.7	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.05	101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1915	20	0	0		4.50	4.0	7	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.250	15.8	13.5	4.5	0.33	4.5	2
1916	21	0	1	.000	5.06	16.0	18	10	9	1	11	12	0	1.813	10.1	6.2	6.8	1.09	0.6	11

1920	25	6	1	.857	1.80	65.0	54	14	13	1	18	26	0	1.108	7.5	2.5	3.6	1.44	0.1	9
1921	26	13	9	.591	3.38	205.0	203	86	77	4	86	92	2	1.410	8.9	3.8	4.0	1.07	0.2	34
1922	27	5	7	.417	4.91	110.0	125	67	60	8	41	57	4	1.509	10.2	3.4	4.7	1.39	0.7	26

1925	30	8	7	.533	3.92	140.0	143	68	61	11	57	52	7	1.429	9.2	3.7	3.3	0.91	0.7	21
1926	31	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	1
7 Seasons		32	25	.561	3.69	542.0	552	247	222	27	220	243	13	1.424	9.2		4.0	1.10	0.4	104

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1921 AL .636 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1921 AL 4.029 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1921 AL 2 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1921 AL 89 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1921 AL .185 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1925 NL 7 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Dave Hamilton (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Shores (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Perkowski (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Van Haltren (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50