Bill Hart vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Bill Hart
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hart as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 4.65 and 1.595 for Bill Hart. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Hart and Carl Mays

Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
1.17
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
1.46
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
0.97
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.68
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.23
92.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.33
66.33
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.92
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
0.69
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
817
4.65
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4746
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1819
10.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
4.01
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
2.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
2.57
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.717
0.717
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.46
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7243
41.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.37
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1214
6.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6461
36.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Bill Hart and Carl Mays

Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
1.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5244
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
2.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
3.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.03
92.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.528
2.528
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hart and Carl Mays

Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
229
177.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
775
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
748
579.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
155
120
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
122
94.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
14
10.84
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
10.51
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.5
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
33
25.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
51.41
39.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
211
163.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
174
134.71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
59
45.68
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
67
51.87
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
122
94.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
53.91
41.73
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
17
13.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
57.29
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.47
10.47
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
10.34
10.34
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Bill Hart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1
Bill Hart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50