Willie Adams vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Willie Adams
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Carl Mays posted a stronger line than Willie Adams. Carl Mays posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.92 vs 4.37) and WHIP (1.207 vs 1.572). By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Adams and Carl Mays

Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.66
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.31
32.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
4.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
9.59
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
4.56
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
2.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
2.57
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.767
0.767
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1238
39.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
5.44
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.572
1.572
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1075
34.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Willie Adams and Carl Mays

Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.231
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Adams and Carl Mays

Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
423.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
573.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
58.7
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
45.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
10.96
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.04
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
39.13
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.34
-8.72
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
176.09
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3.41
3.41
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50