Erskine Mayer
1912–1919 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
245G
.185AVG
.234OBP
.252SLG
More career statistics
84H
2HR
28RBI
0SB
91–70W–L
1,427.0IP
482K
2.96ERA
164GS
6SV
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 | 453 | 454 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 502 | 503 |
| Batting · RBI | 28 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,906 | 5,899 |
| Pitching · p er | 469 | 477 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,415 | 1,421 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,281 | 4,272 |
| Pitching · p r | 600 | 602 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245 | 502 | 453 | 39 | 84 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | .185 | .234 | .252 | .486 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,427.0 | 245 | 164 | 93 | 91 | 70 | 6 | 1,415 | 600 | 469 | 43 | 345 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 | 1.233 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1914-05-25 to 1914-06-16
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 15 scoreless innings | 1918-08-01 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1914-05-17 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1918-05-23 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 131 | 240 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 46 | .236 | .275 | .329 |
| Away | 114 | 263 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 63 | .139 | .175 | .181 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .188 | .263 | .281 |
| May | 37 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | .177 | .198 | .215 |
| June | 45 | 106 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | .192 | .208 | .253 |
| July | 49 | 89 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | .275 | .315 | .388 |
| August | 46 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | .120 | .189 | .157 |
| September | 41 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | .132 | .149 | .147 |
| October | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .308 | .400 | .692 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 35 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .161 | .206 | .226 |
| new-york-giants | 34 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | .218 | .262 | .273 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .131 | .162 | .164 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 34 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | .153 | .169 | .222 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 33 | 72 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 | .227 | .264 | .273 |
| boston-braves | 32 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .243 | .276 | .386 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .196 | .237 | .216 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .111 | .286 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 5 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 50 | 6 | – | – | – | .120 | 170 | 51 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Phillies | 48 | 108 | 21 | 1 | 5 | – | .194 | 320 | 116 |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 8 | – | .239 | 274 | 114 |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 38 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 138 | 62 |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 51 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .196 | 160 | 64 |
| 1918 | Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 28 | 79 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .190 | 226 | 41 |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 37 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .162 | 112 | 29 |