Al Mays

Albert C. Mays

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Unknown

Born: May 17, 1865 in Canal Dover, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1885
Teams (by GP): Metropolitans/Solons/Bridegrooms/Colonels 1885-1890

Final Game: May 2, 1890
Died: May 7, 1905 in Parkersburg, WV
Buried: Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, WV
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1885	20	LOU	AA	6	11	.353	2.76	17	17	0	17	0	0	150.0	129	102	46	3	43	61	8	0	13	639	118	1.147	7.7	0.2	2.6	3.7	1.42
1886	21	NYP	AA	11	27	.289	3.39	41	40	1	39	1	0	350.0	330	231	132	7	140	163	14	0	44	1528	101	1.343	8.5	0.2	3.6	4.2	1.16
1887	22	NYP	AA	17	34	.333	4.73	52	52	1	50	0	0	441.1	551	359	*232*	11	136	124	20	0	36	2002	90	1.557	11.2	0.2	2.8	2.5	0.91
1888	23	BRO	AA	9	9	.500	2.80	18	18	0	17	1	0	160.2	150	81	50	1	32	67	11	0	9	672	106	1.133	8.4	0.1	1.8	3.8	2.09
1889	24	COL	AA	10	7	.588	4.82	21	19	1	13	1	0	140.0	167	119	75	4	56	52	4		13	642	75	1.593	10.7	0.3	3.6	3.3	0.93
1890	25	COL	AA	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	14	13	8	0	8	2	1	0	1	50	48	2.444	14.0	0.0	8.0	2.0	0.25
1891	26	ERI	N/A	18	10	.643		29	27		25	1																				ERI · NYPL
1892	27	PEO,WKB	N/A,B	10	11	.476	1.46	21	7		6	2		185.0	178	105	30		49	89	5		1			1.227	8.7		2.4	4.3	1.82	PEO,WKB · ILIA,PASL
1893	28	ERI	N/A	8	9	.471	4.05	23	16		14	0		173.1	192	153	78		66	31						1.488	10.0		3.4	1.6	0.47	ERI · EL
1894	29	ALN,ERI	N/A	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		2.0	6	9	2		2	2						4.000	27.0		9.0	9.0	1.00	ALN,ERI · PASL,EL
6 Yrs				53	89	.373	3.91	150	147	3	137	3	0	1251.0	1341	905	543	26	415	469	58	0	116	5533	94	1.404	9.6	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.13
162 Game Avg.				12	20	.373	3.91	34	34	1	31	1	0	286	307	207	124	6	95	107	13	0	27	1267	94	1.404	9.6	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.13

NYP (2 yrs)				28	61	.315	4.14	93	92	2	89	1	0	791.1	881	590	364	18	276	287	34	0	80	3530	94	1.462	10.0	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.04
COL (2 yrs)				10	8	.556	5.01	22	20	1	14	1	0	149.0	181	132	83	4	64	54	5	0	14	692	73	1.644	10.9	0.2	3.9	3.3	0.84
LOU (1 yr)				6	11	.353	2.76	17	17	0	17	0	0	150.0	129	102	46	3	43	61	8	0	13	639	118	1.147	7.7	0.2	2.6	3.7	1.42
BRO (1 yr)				9	9	.500	2.80	18	18	0	17	1	0	160.2	150	81	50	1	32	67	11	0	9	672	106	1.133	8.4	0.1	1.8	3.8	2.09

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
1885	20	LOU	AA	150.0	17	17	102	6.12	5.55	-0.13	0.00	100.0	5.68	-7	-0.6		-0.2	-0.1	-0	.464	.496	$
1886	21	NYP	AA	350.0	41	40	231	5.94	5.83	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.74	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.4	1.0	15	.496	.499	$
1887	22	NYP	AA	441.1	52	52	359	7.32	6.74	-0.58	0.00	99.0	7.25	4	0.3		-0.5	1.9	30	.505	.502	$
1888	23	BRO	AA	160.2	18	18	81	4.54	5.18	0.20	0.00	97.0	4.83	6	0.6		-0.2	1.2	15	.534	.504	$
1889	24	COL	AA	140.0	21	19	119	7.65	6.14	-0.18	0.00	94.0	5.94	-24	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-17	.412	.489	$
1890	25	COL	AA	9.0	1	1	13	13.00	5.54	0.87	0.00	94.0	4.39	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-8	.109	.498	$
6 Seasons				1251.0	150	147	905	6.51	6.07	-0.20	0.00	98.3	6.16	-31	-2.1	1.0	-1.5	2.3	35	.486	.498	$

NYP (2 yrs)				791.1	93	92	590	6.71	6.34	-0.31	0.00	99.0	6.58	2	0.1	1.0	-0.9	2.9	45	.501	.500	$
COL (2 yrs)				149.0	22	20	132	7.97	6.10	-0.12	0.00	94.0	5.85	-32	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-25	.398	.493	$
LOU (1 yr)				150.0	17	17	102	6.12	5.55	-0.13	0.00	100.0	5.68	-7	-0.6		-0.2	-0.1	-0	.464	.496	$
BRO (1 yr)				160.2	18	18	81	4.54	5.18	0.20	0.00	97.0	4.83	6	0.6		-0.2	1.2	15	.534	.504	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1885	20	6	11	.353	2.76	17	17	0	17	0	150.0	129	102	46	3	43	61	8	13	639	118	1.147	7.7	0.2	2.6	3.7	1.42	118
1886	21	17	38	.309	3.20	58	57	1	56	1	500.0	459	333	178	10	183	224	22	57	2167	105	1.284	8.3	0.2	3.3	4.0	1.22	105
1887	22	34	72	.321	3.92	110	109	2	106	1	941.1	1010	692	410	21	319	348	42	93	4169	96	1.412	9.7	0.2	3.0	3.3	1.09	96
1888	23	43	81	.347	3.76	128	127	2	123	2	1102.0	1160	773	460	22	351	415	53	102	4841	98	1.371	9.5	0.2	2.9	3.4	1.18	98
1889	24	53	88	.376	3.88	149	146	3	136	3	1242.0	1327	892	535	26	407	467	57	115	5483	94	1.396	9.6	0.2	2.9	3.4	1.15	94
1890	25	53	89	.373	3.91	150	147	3	137	3	1251.0	1341	905	543	26	415	469	58	116	5533	94	1.404	9.6	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.13	94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1885	20	19	6	.760	2.13	232.0	170	61	55	4	57	94	11	0.978	6.6	2.2	3.6	1.65	0.2	17
1886	21	33	14	.702	2.56	426.0	342	134	121	7	145	199	15	1.143	7.2	3.1	4.2	1.37	0.1	41
1887	22	39	22	.639	3.00	555.0	534	206	185	11	132	156	19	1.200	8.7	2.1	2.5	1.18	0.2	52
1888	23	15	6	.714	2.41	194.0	166	58	52	1	35	81	12	1.036	7.7	1.6	3.8	2.31	0.0	18
1889	24	10	8	.556	3.53	171.0	170	74	67	4	57	63	4	1.327	8.9	3.0	3.3	1.11	0.2	21
1890	25	0	1	.000	6.23	13.0	18	10	9	0	10	3	1	2.154	12.5	6.9	2.1	0.30	0.0	1
6 Yrs		116	57	.671	2.77	1591.0	1400	543	489	27	436	596	62	1.154	7.9		3.4	1.37	0.2	150

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1887 AA 1.9 (10th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1885 AA 2.76 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1889 AA .588 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1885 AA 1.147 (10th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 AA 7.740 (2nd) 1886 AA 8.486 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1888 AA 1.793 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1885 AA 3.660 (10th) 1886 AA 4.191 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1887 AA 52 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1887 AA 441.3 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1886 AA 163 (9th) 1887 AA 124 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1887 AA 52 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1887 AA 50 (6th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1886 AA 7 (7th) 1887 AA 11 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1886 AA 140 (5th) 1887 AA 136 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1887 AA 551 (2nd)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1888 AA 2.094 (8th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1888 AA 0.056 (2nd) Career 0.187 (147th)	Losses s c a p y 1886 AA 27 (3rd) 1887 AA 34 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1886 AA 132 (10th) 1887 AA 232 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1886 AA 44 (3rd) 1887 AA 36 (6th) Career 116 (72nd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1886 AA 14 (6th) 1887 AA 20 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1887 AA 2,002 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1886 AA 1 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1885 AA 118 (7th)
Youngest s c a p y 1885 AA born 1865-05-17 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 28 (847), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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