Carl Mays Stats

Carl Mays was born on Thursday, November 12, 1891, in Liberty, Kentucky. Mays was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1915, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Carl Mays baseball stats page.

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Carl Mays



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Birth Name:   Carl William Mays
Nickname:   Sub
Born On:   11-12-1891  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Liberty, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-04-1971 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   El Cajon, California
Cemetery:   Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Oregon Click For Grave Photo
High School:   None Attended (Dropped Out After 8th Grade)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-15-1915 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-24-1929
Draft:   Not Applicable

Carl Mays

Carl Mays Pitching Stats

1915 24 Red Sox 38 6 27 6 5 .545 2.60 2 0 7 131.2 514 119 38 54 0 21 0 65 3 5 0 -
1916 25 Red Sox 44 24 13 18 13 .581 2.39 14 2 3 245.0 972 208 65 79 3 74 2 76 2 9 1 -
1917 26 Red Sox 35 33 2 22 9 .710 1.74 27 2 0 289.0 1,129 230 56 81 1 74 0 91 6 14 0 -
1918 27 Red Sox 35 33 1 21 13 .618 2.21 30 8 0 293.1 1,162 230 72 94 2 81 0 114 6 11 0 -
1919 28 Red Sox 21 16 5 5 11 .313 2.47 14 2 2 146.0 576 131 40 53 3 40 0 53 4 5 0 -
1919 28 Yankees 13 13 0 9 3 .750 1.65 12 1 0 120.0 487 96 22 38 2 37 0 54 0 5 0 0
1920 29 Yankees 45 37 8 26 11 .703 3.06 26 6 2 312.0 1,301 310 106 127 13 84 7 92 2 7 0 -
1921 30 Yankees 49 38 10 27 9 .750 3.05 30 1 7 336.2 1,400 332 114 145 11 76 5 70 2 9 0 -
1922 31 Yankees 34 29 4 12 14 .462 3.60 21 1 2 240.0 988 257 96 111 12 50 1 41 1 7 0 -
1923 32 Yankees 23 7 11 5 2 .714 6.20 2 0 0 81.1 383 119 56 59 8 32 1 16 1 4 0 -
1924 33 Reds 37 27 10 20 9 .690 3.15 15 2 0 226.0 940 238 79 97 3 36 1 63 1 4 0 -
1925 34 Reds 12 5 5 3 5 .375 3.31 3 0 2 51.2 225 60 19 22 0 13 3 10 0 2 0 -
1926 35 Reds 39 33 2 19 12 .613 3.14 24 3 1 281.0 1,158 286 98 112 3 53 4 58 2 4 0 -
1927 36 Reds 14 9 4 3 7 .300 3.51 6 0 0 82.0 343 89 32 39 1 10 0 17 1 1 0 -
1928 37 Reds 14 7 4 4 1 .800 3.88 4 1 1 62.2 269 67 27 33 3 22 3 10 0 0 0 -
1929 38 Giants 37 8 19 7 2 .778 4.32 1 0 4 123.0 538 140 59 67 8 31 1 32 3 2 0 -
15 Years 490 325 125 207 126 .622 2.92 231 29 31 3,021.1 12,385 2,912 979 1,211 73 734 28 862 34 89 1 0

Carl Mays

Carl Mays Hitting Stats

1915 24 Red Sox 38 38 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 2 0 1 0 .237 .310 .263
1916 25 Red Sox 48 77 8 18 1 2 0 0 8 16 0 19 3 0 0 0 .234 .366 .299
1917 26 Red Sox 35 107 9 27 3 3 0 0 14 6 0 11 2 0 0 0 .252 .292 .336
1918 27 Red Sox 38 104 10 30 3 3 0 0 5 9 0 15 4 0 2 1 .288 .357 .375
1919 28 Red Sox 22 53 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .151 .211 .151
1919 28 Yankees 13 45 6 14 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .311 .311 .378
1920 29 Yankees 45 109 10 26 4 2 0 0 13 5 0 12 8 0 0 1 .239 .272 .312
1921 30 Yankees 51 143 18 49 5 1 2 0 22 4 0 7 8 0 1 1 .343 .365 .434
1922 31 Yankees 35 92 7 23 1 1 0 0 7 2 0 10 3 0 0 4 .250 .266 .283
1923 32 Yankees 23 27 2 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 .148 .233 .333
1924 33 Reds 38 83 9 24 6 2 1 0 12 4 0 12 0 0 0 2 .289 .322 .446
1925 34 Reds 12 16 3 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .375
1926 35 Reds 39 98 12 22 2 4 0 0 8 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 .224 .248 .327
1927 36 Reds 14 32 5 13 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .406 .406 .594
1928 37 Reds 14 27 5 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .296 .296 .333
1929 38 Giants 37 34 3 12 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 .353 .436 .382
15 Years 502 1,085 113 291 32 21 5 0 110 66 0 116 44 0 4 11 .268 .313 .350

Carl Mays

Carl Mays Fielding Stats

1915 Red Sox P 38 6 395 55 1.4 53 9 44 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 3.62
1916 Red Sox P 44 24 735 136 3.1 130 13 117 6 5 n/a n/a n/a .956 4.78
1917 Red Sox P 35 33 867 141 4.0 140 22 118 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .993 4.36
1918 Red Sox P 35 33 880 146 4.2 138 16 122 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .945 4.23
1919 Red Sox P 21 16 438 60 2.9 58 9 49 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .967 3.58
1919 Yankees P 13 13 360 50 3.8 47 10 37 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .940 3.53
1920 Yankees P 45 37 936 126 2.8 125 19 106 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .992 3.61
1921 Yankees P 49 38 1,010 114 2.3 112 8 104 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.99
1922 Yankees P 34 29 720 107 3.1 102 8 94 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .953 3.83
1923 Yankees P 23 7 244 41 1.8 40 8 32 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 4.43
1924 Reds P 37 27 678 112 3.0 107 13 94 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .955 4.26
1925 Reds P 12 5 155 20 1.7 18 3 15 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .900 3.14
1926 Reds P 39 33 843 137 3.5 133 16 117 4 10 n/a n/a n/a .971 4.26
1927 Reds P 14 9 246 43 3.1 43 5 38 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.72
1928 Reds P 14 7 188 21 1.5 20 3 17 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.87
1929 Giants P 37 8 369 47 1.3 46 12 34 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .979 3.37
P Totals 490 325 9,064 1,356 2.8 1,312 174 1,138 44 56 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.91
15 Years 490 325 9,064 1,356 2.8 1,312 174 1,138 44 56 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.91

Carl Mays

Carl Mays Miscellaneous Stats

1915 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.4 0.0 3.10 4.44 1.44
1916 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.1 9.6 1.03 2.79 2.72
1917 Red Sox 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.7 7.6 1.23 2.83 2.30
1918 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.9 20.8 1.41 3.50 2.49
1919 Red Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 26.5 26.5 1.33 3.27 2.47
1919 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 15.0 11.3 1.46 4.05 2.78
1920 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.1 8.4 1.10 2.65 2.42
1921 Yankees 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 71.5 20.4 6.5 0.92 1.87 2.03
1922 Yankees 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 9.2 13.1 0.82 1.54 1.88
1923 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 27.0 6.8 9.0 0.50 1.77 3.54
1924 Reds 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 83.0 6.9 6.9 1.75 2.51 1.43
1925 Reds 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 16.0 5.3 0.77 1.74 2.26
1926 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 12.3 1.09 1.86 1.70
1927 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 32.0 16.0 32.0 1.70 1.87 1.10
1928 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.45 1.44 3.16
1929 Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.0 6.8 1.03 2.34 2.27
15 Years 1 2 .333 5 0 n/a 217.0 9.4 9.9 1.17 2.57 2.19

Carl Mays

Carl Mays Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1915 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1917 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Boston Red Sox n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1919 Boston Red Sox n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1919 New York Yankees n/a "     "     n/a -
1920 New York Yankees n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1921 New York Yankees n/a $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1922 New York Yankees n/a $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1923 New York Yankees n/a $18,000.00 n/a -
1924 Cincinnati Reds n/a $8,500.00 n/a -
1925 Cincinnati Reds n/a $12,000.00 n/a -
1926 Cincinnati Reds n/a $12,000.00 n/a -
1927 Cincinnati Reds n/a $14,000.00 n/a -
1928 Cincinnati Reds n/a $12,000.00 n/a -
1929 New York Giants n/a $12,000.00 n/a -

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