Art Herman vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Art Herman
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Art Herman 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 5.37 and 1.656 for Art Herman. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Art Herman and Carl Mays

Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
1.46
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
0.97
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.35
82.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.33
66.33
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
0.69
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
11.62
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.62
11.62
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
3.28
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
862
2.57
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.516
0.516
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.528
0.528
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
40.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.37
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
6.97
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.656
1.656
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
37.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Art Herman and Carl Mays

Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.49
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.17
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.1
87.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.588
1.588
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Art Herman and Carl Mays

Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
17
226.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
560
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
80
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.87
24.88
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
133.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.314
0.314
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.64
21.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
33.03
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Herman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
4.09
4.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Art Herman
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50