Carl Mays stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1929

Pitcher

Age 134

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Carl Mays played 15 MLB seasons, 1915 to 1929.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
490
W
207
L
126
ERA
2.92
IP
3,021.1
K
862
BB
734
WHIP
1.21
Standard by season
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.
1915BOS38652.60131.265211.06
1916BOS4418132.39245.076741.15
1917BOS352291.74289.091741.05
1918BOS3521132.21293.1114811.06
1919BOS/NYY3414142.10266.0107771.14
1920NYY4526113.06312.092841.26
1921NYY492793.05336.270761.21
1922NYY3412143.60240.041501.28
1923NYY23526.2081.116321.86
1924CIN372093.15226.063361.21
1925CIN12353.3151.210131.41
1926CIN3919123.14281.058531.21
1927CIN14373.5182.017101.21
1928CIN14413.8862.210221.42
1929SF37724.32123.032311.39

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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
Expanded by season
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.
1915BOS0204.40000
1916BOS01422.80000
1917BOS02722.80000
1918BOS03083.50000
1919BOS/NYY02633.60000
1920NYY02662.70000
1921NYY03011.90000
1922NYY02111.50000
1923NYY0201.80000
1924CIN01522.50000
1925CIN0301.70000
1926CIN02431.90000
1927CIN0601.90000
1928CIN0411.40000
1929SF0102.30000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
134 yearsNov 12, 1891
Debut
1915

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

All-time career rank

  • 101st in wins (pitching) (207)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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