Otto Hess vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Otto Hess
Pre-GenerationalSwitzerlandThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Otto Hess and Carl Mays are fairly close on the surface numbers. Carl Mays had the edge in WHIP (1.207 vs 1.272). By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Otto Hess and Carl Mays

Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
1.46
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
0.97
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.57
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.33
66.33
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
0.69
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.09
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
2.98
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1355
8.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.16
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.22
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
448
2.84
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
3.68
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5880
37.32
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.37
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663
4.21
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.272
1.272
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
5352
33.97
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.32
37.32
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Otto Hess and Carl Mays

Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.87
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3687
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1229
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
1.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
4.48
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
4.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.28
94.28
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.263
2.263
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.73
53.73
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Otto Hess and Carl Mays

Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
280
220.18
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
763
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PAverified
714
561.47
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
154
121.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
119
93.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
16.51
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
16.01
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.93
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.5
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
35
27.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
54.01
42.48
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
208
163.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
185
145.48
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.291
0.291
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.076
0.076
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
63
49.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
58
45.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
116
91.22
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
56.24
44.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
27
21.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
212
166.71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
3.6
3.6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
18
14.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Otto Hess
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1
Otto Hess
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50