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Carl Mays

Carl William Mays (Sub)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 12, 1891 in Liberty, KY(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1915 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Yankees/Reds/Giants 1915-1929

Final Game: September 24, 1929 (Age 37)
Died: April 4, 1971 in El Cajon, CA
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR
Relatives: Cousin of Joe Mays
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 23 BOS AL 38 44 38 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .237 .310 .263 .573 74 10 1 2 1
1916 24 BOS AL 48 96 77 8 18 1 2 0 8 0 16 19 .234 .366 .299 .664 99 23 0 3 1
1917 25 BOS AL 35 115 107 9 27 3 3 0 14 0 6 11 .252 .292 .336 .628 92 36 0 2 1
1918 26 BOS AL 38 119 104 10 30 3 3 0 5 1 9 15 .288 .357 .375 .732 121 39 2 4 1
1919 27 TOT AL 35 106 98 9 22 3 0 0 6 0 4 5 .224 .255 .255 .510 45 25 0 3 1
1919 27 BOS AL 22 58 53 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 .151 .211 .151 .361 4 8 0 2 1
1919 27 NYY AL 13 48 45 6 14 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 .311 .311 .378 .689 93 17 0 1 1
1920 28 NYY AL 45 123 109 10 26 4 2 0 13 0 0 5 12 .239 .272 .312 .584 52 34 0 8 1
1921 29 NYY AL 51 154 143 18 49 5 1 2 22 0 0 4 7 .343 .365 .434 .798 101 62 1 8 1
1922 30 NYY AL 35 96 92 7 23 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 10 .250 .266 .283 .549 42 26 0 3 1
1923 31 NYY AL 23 31 27 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 4 .148 .233 .333 .567 47 9 0 1 1
1924 32 CIN NL 38 87 83 9 24 6 2 1 12 0 0 4 12 .289 .322 .446 .768 104 37 0 0 1
1925 33 CIN NL 12 18 16 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 82 6 0 0 1
1926 34 CIN NL 39 108 98 12 22 2 4 0 8 0 3 7 .224 .248 .327 .574 55 32 0 7 1 MVP-22
1927 35 CIN NL 14 33 32 5 13 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 .406 .406 .594 1.000 167 19 0 1 1
1928 36 CIN NL 14 27 27 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 .296 .296 .333 .630 66 9 0 0 1
1929 37 NYG NL 37 41 34 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 5 2 .353 .436 .382 .818 105 13 0 2 1
15 Yrs 502 1198 1085 113 291 32 21 5 110 1 1 66 116 .268 .313 .350 .663 82 380 4 44
162 Game Avg. 162 387 350 36 94 10 7 2 35 0 21 37 .268 .313 .350 .663 82 123 1 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BOS (5 yrs) 181 432 379 33 92 8 8 0 29 1 0 38 54 .243 .317 .306 .623 87 116 3 13
CIN (5 yrs) 117 273 256 34 71 10 8 2 27 0 1 9 24 .277 .302 .402 .704 88 103 0 8
NYY (5 yrs) 167 452 416 43 116 13 5 3 49 0 0 14 36 .279 .304 .356 .660 71 148 1 21
NYG (1 yr) 37 41 34 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 5 2 .353 .436 .382 .818 105 13 0 2
AL (9 yrs) 348 884 795 76 208 21 13 3 78 1 0 52 90 .262 .310 .332 .642 78 264 4 34
NL (6 yrs) 154 314 290 37 83 11 8 2 32 0 1 14 26 .286 .319 .400 .719 90 116 0 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1915 23 BOS AL 38 44 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .502 0.2 -0.0 4 1
1916 24 BOS AL 48 96 0 0 0 0 7 8 0.9 4 11 0.9 .519 .506 0.9 -0.0 11 1
1917 25 BOS AL 35 115 -1 0 0 0 8 7 0.8 4 11 0.8 .523 .505 0.8 0.0 11 1
1918 26 BOS AL 38 119 2 -0 0 0 8 10 1.2 4 14 1.2 .531 .507 1.2 0.0 14 1
1919 27 BOS AL 22 58 -6 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 1
1919 27 NYY AL 13 48 -1 0 0 0 4 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .526 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $8,000 1
1920 28 NYY AL 45 123 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 5 6 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 6 $8,000 1
1921 29 NYY AL 51 154 0 0 0 0 14 15 1.4 6 21 1.4 .527 .509 1.4 0.0 21 $12,000 1
1922 30 NYY AL 35 96 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 4 6 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 6 $12,000 1
1923 31 NYY AL 23 31 -2 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 1
1924 32 CIN NL 38 87 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.8 3 10 0.8 .521 .505 0.8 -0.0 10 1
1925 33 CIN NL 12 18 -0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 2 1
1926 34 CIN NL 39 108 -7 0 0 0 11 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 -0.0 7 1 MVP-22
1927 35 CIN NL 14 33 3 0 0 0 3 6 0.6 1 7 0.6 .543 .504 0.6 0.0 7 1
1928 36 CIN NL 14 27 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 2 1
1929 37 NYG NL 37 41 1 0 0 0 5 6 0.5 1 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 7 1
15 Seasons 502 1198 -30 2 0 0 102 74 7.7 43 117 7.7 .515 .503 7.7 -0.0 116 $40,000
BOS (5 yrs) 181 432 -6 1 0 0 31 25 3.0 16 42 3.0 .517 .504 3.0 -0.0 41
CIN (5 yrs) 117 273 -6 -0 0 0 26 21 2.0 8 29 2.0 .518 .503 2.0 -0.0 29
NYY (5 yrs) 167 452 -19 1 0 0 41 22 2.2 17 39 2.2 .513 .503 2.1 0.0 39 $40,000
NYG (1 yr) 37 41 1 0 0 0 5 6 0.5 1 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 0.0 7

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1915 23 BOS AL 44 31 3 2.6 81 .290 .237 .252 .310 .329 .263 .331 .573 .660 74 .376 -1.1 -0.1 .483 .105 .026
1916 24 BOS AL 96 62 8 3.5 83 .310 .234 .258 .366 .332 .299 .337 .664 .669 99 .507 0.6 0.1 .661 .273 .065
1917 25 BOS AL 115 82 11 3.6 79 .281 .252 .254 .292 .325 .336 .328 .628 .653 92 .531 -1.7 -0.2 .525 .140 .084
1918 26 BOS AL 119 78 13 4.5 81 .337 .288 .259 .357 .330 .375 .331 .732 .661 121 .617 2.5 0.3 .689 .183 .087 .0
1919 27 TOT AL 106 79 7 2.4 93 .237 .224 .273 .255 .338 .255 .367 .510 .705 45 .272 -7.3 -0.8 .382 .071 .031
1919 27 BOS AL 58 47 2 1.2 91 .157 .151 .270 .211 .335 .151 .363 .361 .699 4 .089 -6.7 -0.7 .267 .075 .000
1919 27 NYY AL 48 32 5 4.2 95 .333 .311 .276 .311 .342 .378 .371 .689 .714 93 .514 -0.6 -0.1 .548 .067 .067
1920 28 NYY AL 123 91 9 2.6 110 .268 .239 .296 .272 .362 .312 .407 .584 .768 52 .268 -8.2 -0.8 .470 .119 .073
1921 29 NYY AL 154 102 22 5.8 116 .351 .343 .302 .365 .368 .434 .425 .798 .793 101 .559 -0.3 -0.0 .713 .119 .091 .0
1922 30 NYY AL 96 72 7 2.6 111 .280 .250 .296 .266 .361 .283 .415 .549 .776 42 .250 -8.4 -0.8 .406 .054 .033
1923 31 NYY AL 31 24 2 2.2 109 .136 .148 .293 .233 .363 .333 .405 .567 .767 47 .204 -2.5 -0.2 .522 .296 .185 .0
1924 32 CIN NL 87 59 12 5.5 103 .329 .289 .289 .322 .344 .446 .402 .768 .746 104 .582 0.3 0.0 .695 .205 .157 .0
1925 33 CIN NL 18 13 2 4.1 112 .267 .250 .298 .333 .355 .375 .425 .708 .780 82 .401 -0.5 -0.1 .538 .188 .125
1926 34 CIN NL 108 83 8 2.6 101 .242 .224 .283 .248 .343 .327 .393 .574 .736 55 .262 -6.8 -0.7 .461 .133 .102
1927 35 CIN NL 33 20 8 10.7 102 .414 .406 .288 .406 .346 .594 .397 1.000 .743 167 .825 2.6 0.3 1.000 .188 .188 .0
1928 36 CIN NL 27 19 3 4.2 107 .320 .296 .288 .296 .352 .333 .409 .630 .761 66 .442 -1.4 -0.1 .474 .037 .037
1929 37 NYG NL 41 24 6 6.7 121 .375 .353 .304 .436 .368 .382 .443 .818 .812 105 .588 0.6 0.1 .818 .176 .029
15 Yrs 1198 839 121 3.9 99 .297 .268 .281 .313 .347 .350 .383 .663 .730 82 .453 -31.7 -3.2 .566 .143 .082 1.7
162 Game Avg. 387 271 39 3.9 99 .297 .268 .281 .313 .347 .350 .383 .663 .730 82 .453 -31.7 -3.2 .566 .143 .082 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
BOS (5 yrs) 432 300 37 3.3 82 .283 .243 .258 .317 .330 .306 .336 .623 .665 87 .475 -6.4 -0.7 .551 .166 .063 .0
CIN (5 yrs) 273 194 33 4.5 103 .300 .277 .287 .302 .345 .402 .400 .704 .745 88 .494 -5.9 -0.6 .597 .156 .125 .0
NYY (5 yrs) 452 321 45 3.8 111 .300 .279 .296 .304 .362 .356 .411 .660 .773 71 .395 -20.0 -2.0 .543 .111 .077 .0
NYG (1 yr) 41 24 6 6.7 121 .375 .353 .304 .436 .368 .382 .443 .818 .812 105 .588 0.6 0.1 .818 .176 .029
AL (9 yrs) 884 621 82 3.6 97 .292 .262 .278 .310 .346 .332 .375 .642 .721 78 .430 -26.5 -2.7 .547 .137 .070 1.5
NL (6 yrs) 314 218 39 4.8 105 .309 .286 .289 .319 .348 .400 .405 .719 .753 90 .506 -5.2 -0.5 .620 .159 .114 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1916 24 BOS AL WS BRO W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 26 BOS AL WS CHC W 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1921 29 NYY AL WS NYG L 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 0 0 0
1922 30 NYY AL WS NYG L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 8 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 8 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1915 23 BOS AL 44 0.0% 15.9% 6.8% 2.3% 11% 2.33 5.4 70%
1916 24 BOS AL 96 0.0% 19.8% 16.7% 3.1% 17% 1.19 4.1 9.6 60%
1917 25 BOS AL 115 0.0% 9.6% 5.2% 5.2% 22% 1.83 9.7 7.6 83%
1918 26 BOS AL 119 0.0% 12.6% 7.6% 5.0% 20% 1.67 6.9 20.8 75%
1919 27 TOT AL 106 0.0% 4.7% 3.8% 2.8% 14% 1.25 19.6 16.3 88%
1919 27 BOS AL 58 0.0% 3.5% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 0.50 26.5 26.5 88%
1919 27 NYY AL 48 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 6.3% 21% 15.0 11.3 88%
1920 28 NYY AL 123 0.0% 9.8% 4.1% 4.9% 23% 2.40 9.1 8.4 79%
1921 29 NYY AL 154 1.3% 4.6% 2.6% 5.2% 16% 1.75 20.4 71.5 6.5 87%
1922 30 NYY AL 96 0.0% 10.4% 2.1% 2.1% 9% 5.00 9.2 13.1 85%
1923 31 NYY AL 31 3.2% 12.9% 9.7% 6.5% 50% 1.33 6.8 27.0 9.0 71%
1924 32 CIN NL 87 1.2% 13.8% 4.6% 10.3% 38% 3.00 6.9 83.0 6.9 80%
1925 33 CIN NL 18 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 5.6% 25% 0.50 16.0 5.3 83%
1926 34 CIN NL 108 0.0% 6.5% 2.8% 5.6% 27% 2.33 14.0 12.3 84%
1927 35 CIN NL 33 3.0% 6.1% 0.0% 9.1% 23% 16.0 32.0 32.0 88%
1928 36 CIN NL 27 0.0% 7.4% 0.0% 3.7% 13% 13.5 9.0 93%
1929 37 NYG NL 41 0.0% 4.9% 12.2% 2.4% 8% 0.40 17.0 6.8 78%
15 Yrs 1198 0.4% 9.7% 5.5% 4.8% 20% 1.76 9.4 217.0 9.9 80%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.9% 7.7% 6.0% 25% 1.03 11.2 106.9 8.6 80%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 23 38 44 38 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .237 .310 .263 .573 74 10 1 2
1916 24 86 140 115 11 27 2 2 0 8 0 0 19 26 .235 .348 .287 .635 91 33 1 5
1917 25 121 255 222 20 54 5 5 0 22 0 0 25 37 .243 .323 .311 .633 92 69 1 7
1918 26 159 374 326 30 84 8 8 0 27 1 0 34 52 .258 .333 .331 .665 101 108 3 11
1919 27 194 480 424 39 106 11 8 0 33 1 0 38 57 .250 .316 .314 .630 88 133 3 14
1920 28 239 603 533 49 132 15 10 0 46 1 0 43 69 .248 .307 .313 .621 80 167 3 22
1921 29 290 757 676 67 181 20 11 2 68 1 0 47 76 .268 .319 .339 .658 85 229 4 30
1922 30 325 853 768 74 204 21 12 2 75 1 0 49 86 .266 .313 .332 .645 79 255 4 33
1923 31 348 884 795 76 208 21 13 3 78 1 0 52 90 .262 .310 .332 .642 78 264 4 34
1924 32 386 971 878 85 232 27 15 4 90 1 0 56 102 .264 .311 .343 .654 81 301 4 34
1925 33 398 989 894 88 236 27 16 4 93 1 1 58 103 .264 .312 .343 .655 81 307 4 34
1926 34 437 1097 992 100 258 29 20 4 101 1 1 61 110 .260 .306 .342 .647 78 339 4 41
1927 35 451 1130 1024 105 271 30 21 5 102 1 1 61 112 .265 .309 .350 .658 81 358 4 42
1928 36 465 1157 1051 110 279 31 21 5 105 1 1 61 114 .265 .308 .349 .657 81 367 4 42
1929 37 502 1198 1085 113 291 32 21 5 110 1 1 66 116 .268 .313 .350 .663 82 380 4 44

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1915 23 40 46 40 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 .250 .318 .275 .593 3 38
1916 24 50 104 82 10 21 1 2 0 10 0 19 20 .256 .396 .317 .713 10 48
1917 25 36 124 115 12 32 4 4 0 18 0 7 11 .278 .320 .383 .702 14 35
1918 26 48 158 137 15 43 4 4 0 8 1 13 19 .314 .386 .401 .787 20 38
1919 27 41 125 117 12 29 4 0 0 8 0 5 6 .248 .279 .282 .561 9 35
1920 28 47 125 112 9 25 4 2 0 12 0 5 13 .223 .256 .295 .551 8 45
1921 29 54 159 146 16 47 5 1 2 20 0 4 7 .322 .344 .411 .755 20 51
1922 30 37 99 94 6 22 1 1 0 6 0 2 10 .234 .250 .266 .516 6 35
1923 31 24 32 28 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 3 4 .143 .226 .321 .547 2 23
1924 32 40 91 87 10 25 6 2 1 13 0 4 13 .287 .319 .437 .755 13 38
1925 33 13 19 17 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 .235 .316 .353 .669 2 12
1926 34 41 112 102 13 23 2 4 0 8 0 3 7 .225 .248 .324 .571 8 39
1927 35 15 35 34 5 14 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 .412 .412 .588 1.000 8 14
1928 36 15 29 29 6 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 .310 .310 .345 .655 3 14
1929 37 39 42 35 3 12 1 0 0 5 0 5 2 .343 .425 .371 .796 5 37
15 Yrs 540 1300 1175 125 320 35 23 5 119 1 75 124 .272 .319 .354 .673 131 502
162 Game Avg. 162 390 353 38 96 11 7 2 36 0 23 37 .272 .319 .354 .673 39 502

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 2.3%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (22, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1130th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1916 AL  5.3 (10th)
1917 AL  6.6 (9th)
1921 AL  7.2 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (107th), 50.2 career WAR/37.8 7yr-peak WAR/44.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

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