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Carl Mays

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Full Name: Carl William Mays Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/195 First Game: April 15, 1915
Birthdate: November 12, 1891 Final Game: September 24, 1929
Birthplace: Liberty, Kentucky MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: April 4, 1971
Deathplace: El Cajon, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Legacy
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Pitching Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
    • 3.3 Batting Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 12, 1891 in Liberty, Kentucky, Carl Mays (Carl William Mays) played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants over the course of his 15 year career. Mays broke into the bigs on April 15, 1915 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 131.2 innings pitched in 1915, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Carl Mays's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1921, when he posted a 3.05 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 70 batters. However, others believe that it was 1917, when he posted a 1.74 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 91 batters.

Mays is best remembered for throwing the pitch that struck Ray Chapman in the head on August 16, 1920, making Chapman the only major leaguer in history to die as a direct result of an on-field incident (he died the next day at a NYC hospital).

Born in Liberty, Kentucky, Mays threw with a submarine motion (he was nicknamed "Sub"), although it would be more accurate to say that he threw straight underhand. Mays was also a notorious spitball pitcher, even though this pitch was legal at the time (Chapman's beaning led directly to its being outlawed). In a 15-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants, he compiled a 207-126 record with 29 shutouts, 862 strikeouts and a 2.92 earned run average when the league average was 3.48. He was also noted for his skills with a bat, hitting five home runs, 110 runs batted in, and a lifetime .268 batting average—an unusually high mark for a pitcher.

Mays enjoyed his best season in 1921, when he led the American League in wins (27), innings pitched (336.2), games pitched (49), and winning percentage (.750). However that same season Mays, pitching then for the Yankees, played in a World Series that others later would accuse him of helping to throw, bringing back still-lingering memories of the Black Sox scandal from just two years prior. These rumors were never proven, but they persisted long enough that, combined with an already negative reputation among other players both from the Chapman incident and from having a personality that few found agreeable, he was never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame despite having lifetime statistics comparable to some other pitchers who were.

Carl Mays died in El Cajon, California, at the age of 79. His distant cousin, Joe Mays, is also a pitcher.

[edit] Legacy

The book The Pitch That Killed, by Mike Sowell, is a history of the Chapman-Mays tragedy.

The historical novel, The Curse of Carl Mays, by Howard Camerik, also recounts the history of the incident.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1915 BOS A 38 6 6 5 2.60 65 54 38 2 0 7 131.2 119 0 21 0 3 5
1916 BOS A 44 24 18 13 2.39 76 79 65 14 2 3 245 208 3 74 0 2 9
1917 BOS A 35 33 22 9 1.74 91 81 56 27 2 0 289 230 1 74 0 6 14
1918 BOS A 35 33 21 13 2.21 114 94 72 30 8 0 293.1 230 2 81 0 6 11
1919 NY A 13 13 9 3 1.65 54 38 22 12 1 0 120 96 2 37 0 0 5
1919 BOS A 21 16 5 11 2.47 53 53 40 14 2 2 146 131 3 40 0 4 5
1919 TOT A 34 29 14 14 2.10 107 91 62 26 3 2 266 227 5 77 0 4 10
1920 NY A 45 37 26 11 3.06 92 127 106 26 6 2 312 310 13 84 0 2 7
1921 NY A 49 38 27 9 3.05 70 145 114 30 1 7 336.2 332 11 76 0 2 9
1922 NY A 34 29 12 14 3.60 41 111 96 21 1 2 240 257 12 50 0 1 7
1923 NY A 23 7 5 2 6.20 16 59 56 2 0 0 81.1 119 8 32 0 1 4
1924 CIN N 37 27 20 9 3.15 63 97 79 15 2 0 226 238 3 36 0 1 4
1925 CIN N 12 5 3 5 3.31 10 22 19 3 0 2 51.2 60 0 13 0 0 2
1926 CIN N 39 33 19 12 3.14 58 112 98 24 3 1 281 286 3 53 0 2 4
1927 CIN N 14 9 3 7 3.51 17 39 32 6 0 0 82 89 1 10 0 1 1
1928 CIN N 14 7 4 1 3.88 10 33 27 4 1 1 62.2 67 3 22 0 0 0
1929 NY N 37 8 7 2 4.32 32 67 59 1 0 4 123 140 8 31 0 3 2
Total NL 153 89 56 36 3.42 190 370 314 53 6 8 826.1 880 18 165 0 7 13
Total AL 337 236 151 90 2.73 672 841 665 178 23 23 2195 2032 55 569 0 27 76
Total 490 325 207 126 2.92 862 1211 979 231 29 31 3021.1 2912 73 734 0 34 89

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1915 BOS A P 38 0 0 9 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1916 BOS A P 44 0 0 13 117 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1917 BOS A P 35 0 0 22 118 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1918 BOS A P 35 0 0 16 122 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1919 NY A P 13 0 0 10 37 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1919 BOS A P 21 0 0 9 49 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1919 TOT A P 34 0 0 19 86 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1920 NY A P 45 0 0 19 106 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1921 NY A P 49 0 0 8 104 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1922 NY A P 34 0 0 8 94 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1923 NY A P 23 0 0 8 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1924 CIN N P 37 0 0 13 94 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1925 CIN N P 12 0 0 3 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1926 CIN N P 39 0 0 16 117 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1927 CIN N P 14 0 0 5 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 CIN N P 14 0 0 3 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1929 NY N P 37 0 0 12 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979
Total P 490 0 0 174 1138 44 56 0 0 0 0 0 .968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1915 BOS A 38 38 3 9 0 0 .237 .310 .263 1 0 3 7 1 2 0 0 0
1916 BOS A 48 77 8 18 0 8 .234 .366 .299 1 2 16 19 0 3 0 0 0
1917 BOS A 35 107 9 27 0 14 .252 .292 .336 3 3 6 11 0 2 0 0 0
1918 BOS A 38 104 10 30 0 5 .288 .357 .375 3 3 9 15 2 4 1 0 0
1919 NY A 13 45 6 14 0 4 .311 .311 .378 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1919 BOS A 22 53 3 8 0 2 .151 .211 .151 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0
1919 TOT A 35 98 9 22 0 6 .224 .255 .255 3 0 4 5 0 3 0 0 0
1920 NY A 45 109 10 26 0 13 .239 .272 .312 4 2 5 12 0 8 0 0 0
1921 NY A 51 143 18 49 2 22 .343 .365 .434 5 1 4 7 1 8 0 0 0
1922 NY A 35 92 7 23 0 7 .250 .266 .283 1 1 2 10 0 3 0 0 0
1923 NY A 23 27 2 4 1 3 .148 .233 .333 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
1924 CIN N 38 83 9 24 1 12 .289 .322 .446 6 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CIN N 12 16 3 4 0 3 .250 .333 .375 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 CIN N 39 98 12 22 0 8 .224 .248 .327 2 4 3 7 0 7 0 0 0
1927 CIN N 14 32 5 13 1 1 .406 .406 .594 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1928 CIN N 14 27 5 8 0 3 .296 .296 .333 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1929 NY N 37 34 3 12 0 5 .353 .436 .382 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 154 290 37 83 2 32 .286 .319 .400 11 8 14 26 0 10 0 0 0
Total AL 348 795 76 208 3 78 .262 .310 .332 21 13 52 90 4 34 1 0 0
Total 502 1085 113 291 5 110 .268 .313 .350 32 21 66 116 4 44 1 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Allen Russell, Bob McGraw and $40000 (July 29, 1919).
  • Sold by New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds (December 11, 1923).

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