How Carl Mays's WHIP Compares to Similar Players
Carl Mays posted a career WHIP of 1.21, below the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest WHIP season came in 1917, posting 1.05, below the starting pitcher average of 1.21 that year. The highest point came in 1923 at 1.86, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.42 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.21 in 1927 to 1.42 in 1928 and 1.39 in 1929. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.
Carl Mays Lifetime WHIP
Stats similar to WHIP for Carl Mays
| Carl Mays
WHIP |
|---|
| Career | 1.207 |
| Season Avg. | 1.207 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.207 |
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Carl Mays WHIP Per Season
Carl Mays's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Carl Mays WHIP by Team
Carl Mays's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Carl Mays WHIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Carl Mays's career WHIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Carl Mays WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Carl Mays's seasonal WHIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Carl Mays WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Carl Mays's MLB career with WHIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
