Louis Head vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Louis Head
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Louis Head 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 4.1 and 1.225 for Louis Head. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Louis Head and Carl Mays

Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.77
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.16
62.16
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.85
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.39
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
38.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.97
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.24
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.85
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
33.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Louis Head and Carl Mays

Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.77
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.13
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.146
0.146
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Louis Head and Carl Mays

Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1199
600
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Louis Head
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50