Carl Mays career WHIP
1.21Career Regular Season
Carl Mays has a career WHIP of 1.21 over 15 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.05 in 1917.
- Most recent: 1.39 in 1929.
Average of 15 regular seasons, 1915 through 1929. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  BOS | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2.60 | 131.2 | 65 | 21 | 1.06 | 7 |
| 1916 | BOS | 44 | 18 | 13 | 2.39 | 245.0 | 76 | 74 | 1.15 | 3 |
| 1917 | BOS | 35 | 22 | 9 | 1.74 | 289.0 | 91 | 74 | 1.05 | 0 |
| 1918 | BOS | 35 | 21 | 13 | 2.21 | 293.1 | 114 | 81 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 1919 |  BOS/NYY | 34 | 14 | 14 | 2.10 | 266.0 | 107 | 77 | 1.14 | 2 |
| 1920 | NYY | 45 | 26 | 11 | 3.06 | 312.0 | 92 | 84 | 1.26 | 2 |
| 1921 | NYY | 49 | 27 | 9 | 3.05 | 336.2 | 70 | 76 | 1.21 | 7 |
| 1922 | NYY | 34 | 12 | 14 | 3.60 | 240.0 | 41 | 50 | 1.28 | 2 |
| 1923 | NYY | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6.20 | 81.1 | 16 | 32 | 1.86 | 0 |
| 1924 |  CIN | 37 | 20 | 9 | 3.15 | 226.0 | 63 | 36 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1925 | CIN | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3.31 | 51.2 | 10 | 13 | 1.41 | 2 |
| 1926 | CIN | 39 | 19 | 12 | 3.14 | 281.0 | 58 | 53 | 1.21 | 1 |
| 1927 | CIN | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3.51 | 82.0 | 17 | 10 | 1.21 | 0 |
| 1928 | CIN | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3.88 | 62.2 | 10 | 22 | 1.42 | 1 |
| 1929 |  SF | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4.32 | 123.0 | 32 | 31 | 1.39 | 4 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV