Frank Bates vs. Joe Mays — Career Comparison

Frank Bates
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Mays
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Bates as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.05 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 6.33 and 2.082 for Frank Bates. By the career numbers, Joe Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Bates and Joe Mays

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.23
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.86
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.09
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.63
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.64
13.64
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.46
88.46
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
75.73
75.73
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.99
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
6.33
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
5.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
572
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
190.2
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
13.03
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.2
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.03
13.03
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.2
10.2
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.28
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.25
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
5.71
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.97
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.85
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.62
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.42
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.13
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.16
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
45.5
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4360
39.36
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
9.35
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.43
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.27
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.26
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.94
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.082
2.082
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
38.66
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
35.69
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.5
45.5
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Frank Bates and Joe Mays

Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.18
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.86
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.76
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.72
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.98
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.17
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.46
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.97
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.9
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.53
85.53
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.321
2.321
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Bates and Joe Mays

Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
27
178.02
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
3987.1
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
600
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
507.69
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
24
464.52
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.726
0.726
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
105.49
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
98.9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.34
41.77
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
56.72
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
112.09
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
154.84
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
191.21
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.543
0.543
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
59.34
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.97
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
92.31
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
4
77.42
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.77
51.26
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
60.89
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.59
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
79.12
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
3
58.06
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
138.46
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
3.44
3.44
Frank Bates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.59
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Bates
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA