Carl Mays

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: November 12, 1891 in Liberty, KY us

Died: April 4, 1971 in El Cajon, CA

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR

Debut: April 15, 1915 (Age 23-154d, 4,301st in major league history)
vs. PHA 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 24, 1929 (Age 37-316d)
vs. BSN 7.0 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Carl William Mays

Nicknames: Sub

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Relatives: Cousin of Joe Mays

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

51.3

207

126

ERA

2.92

490

325

3021.1

862

WHIP

1.207

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-15 / in Starts: 26-12
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 154 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	118 (60-37-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 154 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	102 (50-33-19)

Most Driven In
A Ward	9
M McNally	5
W Schang	3
Self	2
C Hawks	1
W Pipp	1
A DeVormer	0

Most Driven In By
B Ruth	5
B Meusel	3
E Miller	3
Self	2
R Peckinpaugh	2
W Pipp	1
B Roth	1

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	240	1	Apr 13	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	9	.51	0.070	1.33	0.11%	0.93	P
2	241	4 (2)	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.79	-0.069	2.24	-0.12%	-0.89	P
3	242	6 (1)	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	.51	-0.055	1.57	-0.10%	-1.15	P
4	243	9 (2)	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.47	-0.036	1.45	-0.07%	-0.70	P
5	244	11 (1)	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	245	13 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	1.25	-0.080	3.09	-0.12%	-0.48	P
7	246	15 (1)	May 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9	.30	0.027	.81	0.04%	0.43	P
8	247	16	May 7	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9						P
9	248	18 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.292	.612	9	.80	-0.079	2.19	-0.13%	-0.95	P
10	249	20 (1)	May 12	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.292	.612	9						P
11	250	21	May 13	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.292	.612	9						P
12	251	24 (2)	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.345	.321	.666	9	1.60	0.097	6.83	0.25%	0.48	P
13	252	28 (3)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.313	.290	.603	9	.91	-0.077	3.56	-0.18%	-0.69	P
14	253	30 (1)	May 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.353	.364	.717	9	2.76	0.368	10.94	0.88%	1.10	P
15	254	32 (1)	May 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.353	.364	.717	9						P
16	255	35 (2)	May 28 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.342	.351	.693	9	.66	0.058	2.83	0.15%	-0.28	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	256	41 (5)	Jun 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.325	.341	.350	.691	9	.73	0.013	3.29	0.04%	-0.22	P
18	257	45 (3)	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.333	.341	.674	9	.98	-0.089	4.19	-0.23%	-0.67	P
19	258	48 (2)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.326	.333	.659	9	5.33	-0.173	32.75	-0.64%	-0.83	PH
20	259	50 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	L,6-8	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.340	.408	.748	9	1.54	0.010	9.48	0.04%	0.30	P
21	260	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,13-8	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.333	.400	.733	9	.04	-0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.27	P
22	261	57 (3)	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.327	.392	.719	9	6.13	-0.177	28.00	-0.49%	-0.40	P
23	262	59 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.304	.364	.667	9	1.15	-0.122	5.50	-0.35%	-0.95	P
24	263	65 (5)	Jun 24	NYY		WSH	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.317	.373	.690	9	.32	0.010	1.54	0.03%	-0.03	P
25	264	69 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.313	.381	.693	9	1.42	-0.090	6.42	-0.24%	-0.50	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	265	73 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,14-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	.299	.309	.373	.682	9						P
27	266	76 (2)	Jul 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS-9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.296	.315	.366	.681	9	.48	-0.022	2.30	-0.07%	-0.43	P
28	267	79 (2)	Jul 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.315	.366	.681	9						P
29	268	80	Jul 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.321	.408	.728	9	.31	0.106	1.44	0.29%	0.84	P
30	269	82 (1)	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.321	.408	.728	9						P
31	270	84 (1)	Jul 18	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.317	.400	.717	9	.52	-0.014	2.76	-0.05%	-0.39	P
32	271	87 (2)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-17	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.313	.395	.708	9	1.52	-0.041	15.84	-0.26%	-0.48	P
33	272	89 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.321	.402	.724	9	.37	0.013	4.03	0.09%	0.40	P
34	273	90	Jul 27	NYY		SLB	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.322	.400	.722	9	1.40	-0.075	7.73	-0.25%	-0.34	P
35	274	93 (2)	Jul 31	NYY		CLE	W,12-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.330	.416	.745	9	.87	0.154	9.43	1.00%	1.98	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	275	96 (2)	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.326	.409	.735	9	1.00	0.091	6.12	0.34%	0.84	P
37	276	100 (3)	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.323	.404	.727	4	10.93	-0.288	67.09	-1.06%	-0.83	PH
38	277	101	Aug 9	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.320	.398	.718	9	1.42	-0.114	8.72	-0.42%	-0.38	P
39	278	105 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.297	.311	.386	.697	9	.44	-0.031	2.87	-0.12%	-0.99	P
40	279	108 (2)	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.311	.385	.696	9	1.29	0.005	8.61	0.02%	-0.30	P
41	280	113 (4)	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.315	.385	.701	9	.57	-0.044	3.73	-0.17%	0.25	P
42	281	117 (3)	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.310	.377	.688	9	.73	0.025	5.52	0.12%	-0.04	P
43	282	120 (2)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.299	.311	.376	.687	9	.21	-0.041	1.60	-0.19%	-1.49	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	283	125 (4)	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.325	.400	.725	9	.35	0.096	2.39	0.40%	1.53	P
45	284	129 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.311	.328	.402	.730	9	.66	0.102	4.84	0.45%	0.84	P
46	285	133 (3)	Sep 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,19-3	CG	6	6	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.336	.414	.750	9	.65	0.125	3.94	0.46%	2.37	P
47	286	138 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.341	.417	.757	9	1.05	-0.034	8.77	-0.17%	0.37	P
48	287	142 (3)	Sep 19	NYY		DET	L,6-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.341	.415	.755	9	.30	-0.008	3.40	-0.06%	-0.18	P
49	288	147 (4)	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	W,21-7	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.350	.429	.778	9	.42	0.113	13.86	2.26%	2.79	P
50	289	148	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.350	.429	.778	9						P
51	290	151 (2)	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.343	.356	.434	.790	9	.98	0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
							36-15		154	143	18	49	5	1	2	22	2	0	7	1	6		0		0	0	.343	.356	.434	.790		.92	-0.221	5.32	1.47%	0.58

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