Carl Mays

1915–1929 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, New York Yankees

502G

.268AVG

.313OBP

.350SLG

More career statistics

291H

5HR

110RBI

1SB

208–126W–L

3,021.1IP

862K

2.92ERA

324GS

31SV

3Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	1,085	1,079
Batting · Caught stealing	1	3
Batting · Hit by pitch	4	5
Batting · Strikeouts	116	115
Batting · Plate appearances	1,199	1,191
Batting · RBI	110	109
Batting · Walks	66	63
Pitching · Batters faced	12,352	12,456
Pitching · p er	979	990
Pitching · p gs	324	325
Pitching · p h	2,912	2,911
Pitching · p ipouts	9,064	9,058
Pitching · p k	862	875
Pitching · p r	1,210	1,207
Pitching · p w	734	743

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
502	1,199	1,085	113	291	32	21	5	110	66	116	1	1	4	0	380	.268	.313	.350	.663

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,021.3	490	324	231	208	126	31	2,912	1,210	979	73	734	862	0	0	2.92	1.207

Streaks

12longest hitting streak · 1921-08-18 to 1922-04-13

12longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	15 scoreless innings	1916-07-14	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
51	Twelve Runs Allowed	1923-07-17	1 in 264 games	box score ↗
47	One-Hit Shutout	1918-04-16	1 in 193 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	248	585	159	2	45	27	57	.295	.318	.375
Away	254	606	132	3	64	36	58	.244	.277	.330

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	39	96	20	1	5	6	11	.233	.271	.314
May	107	253	63	1	16	11	23	.267	.292	.335
June	110	215	43	1	20	9	24	.221	.242	.333
July	86	214	44	1	18	12	21	.235	.262	.278
August	87	220	62	0	26	13	18	.312	.341	.397
September	67	181	54	1	24	12	17	.327	.365	.430
October	6	12	5	0	0	0	1	.455	.417	.636

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	55	137	28	0	12	10	12	.231	.277	.256
st-louis-browns	54	143	36	1	14	10	13	.279	.322	.349
cleveland-guardians	52	113	32	1	14	4	11	.308	.319	.442
philadelphia-athletics	49	144	37	0	14	7	17	.289	.306	.352
chicago-white-sox	48	117	27	0	9	3	19	.245	.256	.291
washington-senators-1901-60	41	111	28	0	4	5	10	.283	.297	.343
new-york-yankees	29	61	14	0	6	6	5	.259	.328	.333
pittsburgh-pirates	25	60	17	0	8	3	4	.315	.333	.444

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1915	Boston Red Sox	38	36	9	–	–	–	.250	130	65
1916	Boston Red Sox	48	77	18	–	8	–	.234	245	77
1917	Boston Red Sox	35	107	27	–	13	–	.252	289	99
1918	Boston Red Sox	38	104	30	–	4	1	.288	293	117
1919	Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees	35	98	22	–	6	–	.224	266	108
1920	New York Yankees	45	109	26	–	14	–	.239	312	92
1921	New York Yankees	51	142	49	2	22	–	.345	336	70
1922	New York Yankees	35	91	23	–	7	–	.253	240	41
1923	New York Yankees	23	27	4	1	3	–	.148	82	16
1924	Cincinnati Reds	38	83	24	1	12	–	.289	226	63
1925	Cincinnati Reds	12	16	4	–	3	–	.250	50	10
1926	Cincinnati Reds	39	98	22	–	8	–	.224	281	57
1927	Cincinnati Reds	14	32	13	1	1	–	.406	82	17
1928	Cincinnati Reds	14	26	8	–	3	–	.308	62	10
1929	New York Giants	37	33	12	–	5	–	.364	123	33