Carl Mays

Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. Despite impressive career statistics, he is primarily remembered for throwing the beanball that killed Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians on August 16, 1920. Chapman became the only major league player to die as a direct result of an on-field injury.

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Major League pitching statistics for Carl Mays.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1915	BOS	6-5	2.60	38	6	2	0	7	131	119	54	38	21	65
1916	BOS	18-13	2.39	44	24	14	2	3	245	208	79	65	74	76
1917	BOS	22-9	1.74	35	33	27	2	0	289	230	81	56	74	91
1918	BOS	21-13	2.21	35	33	30	8	0	293	230	94	72	81	114
1919	BOS	5-11	2.47	21	16	14	2	2	146	131	57	40	40	53
1919	NYY	9-3	1.65	13	13	12	1	0	120	96	34	22	37	54
1920	NYY	26-11	3.06	45	37	26	6	2	312	310	127	106	84	92
1921	NYY	27-9	3.05	49	38	30	1	7	336	332	145	114	76	70
1922	NYY	13-14	3.60	34	29	21	1	2	240	257	111	96	50	41
1923	NYY	5-2	6.20	23	7	2	0	0	81	119	59	56	32	16
1924	CIN	20-9	3.15	37	27	15	2	0	226	238	97	79	36	63
1925	CIN	3-5	3.31	12	5	3	0	2	51	60	22	19	13	10
1926	CIN	19-12	3.14	39	33	24	3	1	281	286	112	98	53	58
1927	CIN	3-7	3.51	14	9	6	0	0	82	89	39	32	10	17
1928	CIN	4-1	3.88	14	6	4	1	1	62	67	33	27	22	10
1929	NYG	7-2	4.32	37	8	1	0	4	123	140	67	59	31	32
Career		208-126	-	490	324	231	29	31	-	2912	1211	979	734	862

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Major League fielding statistics for Carl Mays.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1915	BOS	38	-	9	44	2	0	0.964
1916	BOS	48	-	13	117	6	5	0.956
1917	BOS	35	-	22	118	1	5	0.993
1918	BOS	38	-	16	122	8	3	0.945
1919	BOS	22	-	9	49	2	5	0.967
1919	NYY	13	-	10	37	3	1	0.940
1920	NYY	45	-	19	106	1	5	0.992
1921	NYY	51	-	8	104	2	4	0.982
1922	NYY	35	-	8	94	5	4	0.953
1923	NYY	23	-	8	32	1	2	0.976
1924	CIN	38	-	13	94	5	5	0.955
1925	CIN	12	-	3	15	2	3	0.900
1926	CIN	39	-	16	117	4	10	0.971
1927	CIN	14	-	5	38	0	1	1.000
1928	CIN	14	-	3	17	1	0	0.952
1929	NYG	37	-	12	34	1	3	0.979
Career		502	-	174	1138	44	56	-

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Major League batting statistics for Carl Mays.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1915	BOS	38	38	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	0.237	0.310	0.263
1916	BOS	48	77	8	18	1	2	0	8	0	16	19	0.234	0.366	0.299
1917	BOS	35	107	9	27	3	3	0	14	0	6	11	0.252	0.292	0.336
1918	BOS	38	104	10	30	3	3	0	5	1	9	15	0.288	0.357	0.375
1919	BOS	22	53	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	0.151	0.211	0.151
1919	NYY	13	45	6	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	0.311	0.311	0.378
1920	NYY	45	109	10	26	4	2	0	13	0	5	12	0.239	0.272	0.312
1921	NYY	51	143	18	49	5	1	2	22	0	4	7	0.343	0.365	0.434
1922	NYY	35	92	7	23	1	1	0	7	0	2	10	0.250	0.266	0.283
1923	NYY	23	27	2	4	0	1	1	3	0	3	4	0.148	0.233	0.333
1924	CIN	38	83	9	24	6	2	1	12	0	4	12	0.289	0.322	0.446
1925	CIN	12	16	3	4	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	0.250	0.333	0.375
1926	CIN	39	98	12	22	2	4	0	8	0	3	7	0.224	0.248	0.327
1927	CIN	14	32	5	13	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0.406	0.406	0.594
1928	CIN	14	27	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0.296	0.296	0.333
1929	NYG	37	34	3	12	1	0	0	5	0	5	2	0.353	0.436	0.382
Career		502	1085	113	291	32	21	5	110	1	66	116	-	-	-

First Name	Carl
Middle Name	William
Last Name	Mays
Full Name at Birth	Carl William Mays
Other Names	Sub
Age	79 (age at death)
Date of Birth	November 12, 1891
Birthplace	Liberty, KY
Date of Death	April 4, 1971
Location of Death	El Cajon, CA
Buried	Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	195 lbs (88.5 kg)
Star Sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	15 April 1915
Last MLB Game	24 September 1929