Guy Hoffman vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Guy Hoffman
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Guy Hoffman 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 4.25 and 1.484 for Guy Hoffman. 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 Hoffman and Carl Mays

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.45
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.63
22.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.25
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1017
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9.45
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.88
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
3.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.96
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1460
38.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.85
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1297
34.43
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Guy Hoffman and Carl Mays

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.82
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1017
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.63
22.63
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Hoffman and Carl Mays

Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
1217.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
60
529.41
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
5
44.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.92
8.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
8
70.59
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.14
-10.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
167.65
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Guy Hoffman
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50