Keith Hessler vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Keith Hessler
MillenialDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Hessler 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 5.56 and 1.765 for Keith Hessler. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Hessler and Carl Mays

Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.56
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
10.59
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.5
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
42.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.56
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.677
1.677
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
37.32
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.35
42.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Keith Hessler and Carl Mays

Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Hessler and Carl Mays

Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
21000
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.684
0.684
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
145.62
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
116.6
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121.02
60.56
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
190.16
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
361
180.65
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139.67
69.89
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Hessler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Keith Hessler
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50