Guy Hecker vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Guy Hecker
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hecker 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 2.93 and 1.168 for Guy Hecker. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Hecker and Carl Mays

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
1.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
1.46
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
0.99
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
0.97
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.52
54.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.33
66.33
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
0.96
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
0.69
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951
2.93
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8772
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2924
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2922
8.99
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.22
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
734
2.19
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1110
3.42
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.548
0.548
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.22
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12415
38.21
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.37
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1726
5.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.168
1.168
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.207
1.207
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11851
36.48
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Guy Hecker and Carl Mays

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
1.09
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
490
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18129
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6043
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3309
4.93
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
1.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
0.32
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4266
6.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1356
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4053
6.04
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1312
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.529
5.529
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.29
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hecker and Carl Mays

Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
705
138.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3052
600
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2876
565.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.684
0.684
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
812
159.63
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
291
145.62
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
629
123.66
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
233
116.6
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
32
16.01
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
9.24
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3.74
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
35.98
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
58
29.02
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
376.32
73.98
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
121.02
60.56
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1080
212.32
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
380
190.16
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
988
194.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
361
180.65
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.699
0.699
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.567
0.567
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
99.08
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
113
56.55
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
54.65
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
763
150
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
218
109.09
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
418.9
82.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
139.67
69.89
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
6.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
28.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
19.27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.14
31.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
10.34
10.34
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
1.46
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Guy Hecker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
24.18
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1
Guy Hecker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50