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Erskine Mayer

Jacob Erskine Mayer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 16, 1890 in Atlanta, GA
School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1912
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/WhiteSox 1912-1919

Final Game: September 27, 1919
Died: March 10, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
Relatives: Brother of Sam Mayer
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1912 22 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.33 7 1 0 0 0 0 21.1 27 15 15 1 7 5 1 0 0 95 58 1.594 11.4 0.4 3.0 2.1 0.71
1913 23 PHI NL 9 9 .500 3.11 39 19 13 7 2 1 170.2 172 77 59 6 46 51 9 1 4 706 107 1.277 9.1 0.3 2.4 2.7 1.11
1914 24 PHI NL 21 19 .525 2.58 48 38 8 24 4 2 321.0 308 135 92 8 91 116 13 1 2 1343 114 1.243 8.6 0.2 2.6 3.3 1.27
1915 25 PHI NL 21 15 .583 2.36 43 33 8 20 2 2 274.2 240 94 72 9 59 114 14 1 0 1092 117 1.089 7.9 0.3 1.9 3.7 1.93
1916 26 PHI NL 7 7 .500 3.15 28 16 8 7 2 0 140.0 148 58 49 7 33 62 4 1 3 580 84 1.293 9.5 0.5 2.1 4.0 1.88
1917 27 PHI NL 11 6 .647 2.76 28 18 6 11 1 0 160.0 160 62 49 6 33 64 4 0 2 649 102 1.206 9.0 0.3 1.9 3.6 1.94
1918 28 TOT NL 16 7 .696 2.65 28 27 0 18 1 0 227.1 230 86 67 3 53 41 8 0 1 940 111 1.245 9.1 0.1 2.1 1.6 0.77
1918 28 PHI NL 7 4 .636 3.12 13 13 0 7 0 0 104.0 108 46 36 2 26 16 4 0 1 432 96 1.288 9.3 0.2 2.3 1.4 0.62
1918 28 PIT NL 9 3 .750 2.26 15 14 0 11 1 0 123.1 122 40 31 1 27 25 4 0 0 508 129 1.208 8.9 0.1 2.0 1.8 0.93
1919 29 TOT MLB 6 6 .500 5.30 24 12 9 6 0 1 112.0 130 73 66 3 23 29 2 0 3 501 58 1.366 10.4 0.2 1.8 2.3 1.26
1919 29 PIT NL 5 3 .625 4.48 18 10 8 6 0 1 88.1 100 50 44 2 12 20 2 0 1 395 68 1.268 10.2 0.2 1.2 2.0 1.67
1919 29 CHW AL 1 3 .250 8.37 6 2 1 0 0 0 23.2 30 23 22 1 11 9 0 0 2 106 39 1.732 11.4 0.4 4.2 3.4 0.82
8 Yrs 91 70 .565 2.96 245 164 52 93 12 6 1427.0 1415 600 469 43 345 482 55 4 15 5906 99 1.233 8.9 0.3 2.2 3.0 1.40
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .565 2.96 41 27 9 15 2 1 237 235 100 78 7 57 80 9 1 2 982 99 1.233 8.9 0.3 2.2 3.0 1.40
PHI (7 yrs) 76 61 .555 2.81 206 138 43 76 11 5 1191.2 1163 487 372 39 295 428 49 4 12 4897 104 1.223 8.8 0.3 2.2 3.2 1.45
PIT (2 yrs) 14 6 .700 3.19 33 24 8 17 1 1 211.2 222 90 75 3 39 45 6 0 1 903 93 1.233 9.4 0.1 1.7 1.9 1.15
CHW (1 yr) 1 3 .250 8.37 6 2 1 0 0 0 23.2 30 23 22 1 11 9 0 0 2 106 39 1.732 11.4 0.4 4.2 3.4 0.82
NL (8 yrs) 90 67 .573 2.87 239 162 51 93 12 6 1403.1 1385 577 447 42 334 473 55 4 13 5800 102 1.225 8.9 0.3 2.1 3.0 1.42
AL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 8.37 6 2 1 0 0 0 23.2 30 23 22 1 11 9 0 0 2 106 39 1.732 11.4 0.4 4.2 3.4 0.82

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1912 22 PHI NL 21.1 7 1 15 6.33 4.65 0.03 0.00 106.0 4.89 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .454 .498 $
1913 23 PHI NL 170.2 39 19 77 4.06 4.11 0.02 0.00 104.0 4.26 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.6 18 .510 .503 $
1914 24 PHI NL 321.0 48 38 135 3.79 3.78 -0.49 0.00 105.0 4.49 28 3.4 1.0 -0.2 5.6 50 .571 .521 $
1915 25 PHI NL 274.2 43 33 94 3.08 3.59 0.22 0.00 100.0 3.37 11 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.2 29 .531 .508 $
1916 26 PHI NL 140.0 28 16 58 3.73 3.40 0.07 0.00 101.0 3.37 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.2 4 .474 .496 $
1917 27 PHI NL 160.0 28 18 62 3.49 3.49 0.04 0.00 104.0 3.59 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.3 13 .507 .501 $
1918 28 PHI NL 103.0 13 13 46 4.02 3.72 -0.06 0.00 107.5 4.07 1 0.1 -0.1 0.7 7 .505 .500 $
1918 28 PIT NL 123.1 15 14 40 2.92 3.55 0.27 0.00 105.6 3.46 7 1.0 1.0 -0.1 1.8 15 .564 .506 $
1919 29 PIT NL 88.1 18 10 50 5.09 3.65 0.30 0.00 103.8 3.48 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -10 .405 .489 $
1919 29 CHW AL 23.2 6 2 23 8.75 4.15 0.08 0.00 98.0 3.99 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .307 .493 $
8 Seasons 1426.0 245 164 600 3.79 3.70 -0.02 0.00 103.5 3.85 15 2.5 1.0 -1.0 12.1 114 .510 .502 $
PHI (7 yrs) 1190.2 206 138 487 3.68 3.71 -0.07 0.00 103.3 3.92 35 4.4 1.0 -0.8 12.4 119 .521 .504 $
PIT (2 yrs) 211.2 33 24 90 3.83 3.59 0.28 0.00 104.9 3.47 -8 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 0.7 5 .477 .498 $
CHW (1 yr) 23.2 6 2 23 8.75 4.15 0.08 0.00 98.0 3.99 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -10 .307 .493 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1915 25 PHI NL WS L BOS 0 1 .000 2.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 16 4 3 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 49 1.588 12.7 0.8 1.6 5.6 3.50
1919 29 CHW AL WS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 2.19 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.1 16 5 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 54 1.541 11.7 0.7 2.2 5.1 2.33
2 WS 0 1 .000 2.19 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.1 16 5 3 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 54 1.541 11.7 0.7 2.2 5.1 2.33

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 28 TOT NL 940 0.3% 4.4% 5.6% 3.0% 12% 85%
1918 28 PHI NL 432 0.5% 3.7% 6.0% 1.9% 7% 86%
1918 28 PIT NL 508 0.2% 4.9% 5.3% 3.9% 16% 85%
1919 29 TOT MLB 503 0.6% 5.8% 4.6% 4.4% 17% 87%
1919 29 PIT NL 395 0.5% 5.1% 3.0% 5.3% 21% 89%
1919 29 CHW AL 108 0.9% 8.3% 10.2% 79%
2 Yrs 1443 0.4% 4.9% 5.3% 3.4% 14% 86%
MLB Averages 0.4% 8.0% 7.3% 2.7% 12% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1912 22 0 1 .000 6.33 7 1 0 0 0 0 21.1 27 15 15 1 7 5 1 0 0 95 58 1.594 11.4 0.4 3.0 2.1 0.71 58
1913 23 9 10 .474 3.47 46 20 13 7 2 1 192.0 199 92 74 7 53 56 10 1 4 801 97 1.313 9.3 0.3 2.5 2.6 1.06 97
1914 24 30 29 .508 2.91 94 58 21 31 6 3 513.0 507 227 166 15 144 172 23 2 6 2144 106 1.269 8.9 0.3 2.5 3.0 1.19 106
1915 25 51 44 .537 2.72 137 91 29 51 8 5 787.2 747 321 238 24 203 286 37 3 6 3236 109 1.206 8.5 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.41 109
1916 26 58 51 .532 2.78 165 107 37 58 10 5 927.2 895 379 287 31 236 348 41 4 9 3816 105 1.219 8.7 0.3 2.3 3.4 1.47 105
1917 27 69 57 .548 2.78 193 125 43 69 11 5 1087.2 1055 441 336 37 269 412 45 4 11 4465 105 1.217 8.7 0.3 2.2 3.4 1.53 105
1918 28 85 64 .570 2.76 221 152 43 87 12 5 1315.0 1285 527 403 40 322 453 53 4 12 5405 106 1.222 8.8 0.3 2.2 3.1 1.41 106
1919 29 91 70 .565 2.96 245 164 52 93 12 6 1427.0 1415 600 469 43 345 482 55 4 15 5906 99 1.233 8.9 0.3 2.2 3.0 1.40 99

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1912 22 1 1 .500 5.73 22.0 27 16 14 1 7 5 1 1.545 11.0 2.9 2.0 0.71 0.4 7
1913 23 10 8 .556 3.42 166.0 182 70 63 6 49 50 10 1.392 9.9 2.7 2.7 1.02 0.3 39
1914 24 22 13 .629 2.99 316.0 335 117 105 9 99 114 14 1.373 9.5 2.8 3.2 1.15 0.3 48
1915 25 17 11 .607 3.17 258.0 276 101 91 10 68 107 16 1.333 9.6 2.4 3.7 1.57 0.3 43
1916 26 6 8 .429 4.57 128.0 173 72 65 8 39 57 5 1.656 12.2 2.7 4.0 1.46 0.6 28
1917 27 9 7 .563 3.66 150.0 182 68 61 7 38 60 5 1.467 10.9 2.3 3.6 1.58 0.4 28
1918 28 17 12 .586 3.30 267.0 314 109 98 4 72 48 11 1.446 10.6 2.4 1.6 0.67 0.1 28
1919 29 4 10 .286 6.14 129.0 162 98 88 4 29 33 2 1.481 11.3 2.0 2.3 1.14 0.3 24
8 Yrs 86 70 .551 3.67 1436.0 1651 651 585 49 401 474 64 1.429 10.3 3.0 1.18 0.3 245

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1914 NL  5.9 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1914 NL  5.6 (5th)
1918 NL  2.5 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.96 (156th)

Wins s c a p y
1914 NL  21 (7th)
1915 NL  21 (3rd)
1918 NL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1915 NL  .583 (10th)
1917 NL  .647 (6th)
1918 NL  .696 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1915 NL  1.089 (7th)
Career  1.233 (222nd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 NL  1.933 (10th)
1917 NL  1.856 (10th)
Career  2.176 (146th)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 NL  48 (2nd)
1915 NL  43 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 NL  321.0 (5th)
1915 NL  274.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 NL  114 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1914 NL  38 (4th)
1915 NL  33 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1914 NL  24 (7th)
1915 NL  20 (6th)
1918 NL  18 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1914 NL  4 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  8 (7th)
1915 NL  9 (1st)
1916 NL  7 (4th)
1917 NL  6 (5th)
1918 NL  3 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL  91 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1914 NL  308 (3rd)
1915 NL  240 (9th)
1918 NL  230 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1915 NL  1.932 (9th)
1917 NL  1.939 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  0.271 (242nd)

Losses s c a p y
1914 NL  19 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 NL  92 (3rd)
1918 NL  67 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1913 NL  9 (7th)
1914 NL  13 (3rd)
1915 NL  14 (4th)
1918 NL  8 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 NL  1,343 (2nd)
1915 NL  1,092 (10th)
1918 NL  940 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1915 NL  117 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1915 NL  13 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1915 NL  1.4 (7th)
1918 NL  0.9 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 46 (564), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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