Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Bio
- Debut
- 1915
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 490
- W
- 207
- L
- 126
- ERA
- 2.92
- IP
- 3021.1
- K
- 862
- BB
- 734
- WHIP
- 1.21
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BOS | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2.60 | 131.2 | 65 | 21 | 1.06 |
| 1916 | BOS | 44 | 18 | 13 | 2.39 | 245.0 | 76 | 74 | 1.15 |
| 1917 | BOS | 35 | 22 | 9 | 1.74 | 289.0 | 91 | 74 | 1.05 |
| 1918 | BOS | 35 | 21 | 13 | 2.21 | 293.1 | 114 | 81 | 1.06 |
| 1919 |  BOS/NYY | 34 | 14 | 14 | 2.10 | 266.0 | 107 | 77 | 1.14 |
| 1920 | NYY | 45 | 26 | 11 | 3.06 | 312.0 | 92 | 84 | 1.26 |
| 1921 | NYY | 49 | 27 | 9 | 3.05 | 336.2 | 70 | 76 | 1.21 |
| 1922 | NYY | 34 | 12 | 14 | 3.60 | 240.0 | 41 | 50 | 1.28 |
| 1923 | NYY | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6.20 | 81.1 | 16 | 32 | 1.86 |
| 1924 | CIN | 37 | 20 | 9 | 3.15 | 226.0 | 63 | 36 | 1.21 |
| 1925 | CIN | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3.31 | 51.2 | 10 | 13 | 1.41 |
| 1926 | CIN | 39 | 19 | 12 | 3.14 | 281.0 | 58 | 53 | 1.21 |
| 1927 | CIN | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3.51 | 82.0 | 17 | 10 | 1.21 |
| 1928 | CIN | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3.88 | 62.2 | 10 | 22 | 1.42 |
| 1929 | SF | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4.32 | 123.0 | 32 | 31 | 1.39 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 3
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 2.21
- IP
- 57.0
- K
- 17
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 0.96
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 231
- SHO
- 29
- K/9
- 2.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | BOS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | BOS | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | BOS | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | BOS | 0 | 30 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS/NYY | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NYY | 0 | 26 | 6 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NYY | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NYY | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | CIN | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | CIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | CIN | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | CIN | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | CIN | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Carl Mays's career stats?
Carl Mays played 15 seasons for the Red Sox, the Yankees, the Reds and the Giants. He had 207 wins and 862 strikeouts with a 2.92 ERA over 3,021.1 innings. His best season was 1921: 27 wins, a 3.05 ERA and 70 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1915 to 1929
Championships ×4
- 1915 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1916 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1918 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1923 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 101st in wins (pitching) (207)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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