Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Carl Mays's Battery Mates


Carl Mays pitched for Boston (AL) 1915-1919; New York (AL) 1919-1923; Cincinnati (NL) 1924-1928; and New York (NL) 1929. He pitched in 490 games, made 324 starts, had 231 complete games and pitched 29 shutouts. One of Mays's shutouts was with more than one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT MAYS'S STARTS
Wally Schang 100   Hick Cady 7
Bubbles Hargrave 39   Bob O'Farrell 6
Pinch Thomas 36   Al DeVormer 4
Muddy Ruel @30   Gus Sanberg 3
Sam Agnew 25   Benny Bengough 2
Val Picinich 24   Shanty Hogan 2
Truck Hannah 19   Wally Mayer 2
Ivey Wingo 14   Roxy Walters 2
Fred Hofmann 9      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT MAYS'S SHUTOUTS
Wally Schang 9   Truck Hannah 1
Bubbles Hargrave 4   Fred Hofmann 1
Muddy Ruel 4   Val Picinich 1
Sam Agnew 3   Ivey Wingo 1
Pinch Thomas 3  

multiple catchers

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Al DeVormer 1  

 

  


@ One of these games (8/16/1920 NYA vs CLE) Mays' pitch (5th inning) struck Ray Chapman
in the head and the bean ball crushed his skull. Chapman was carried off the field and subsequently died the next morning.

RAY CHAPMAN, CLE SS



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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