Byron Houck vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Byron Houck
Lost GenerationMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Carl Mays posted a stronger line than Byron Houck. Carl Mays posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.92 vs 3.3) and WHIP (1.207 vs 1.385). 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 Byron Houck and Carl Mays

Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.85
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.41
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.37
42.37
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
3.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1594
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
531.1
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
7.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.22
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.64
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
3.79
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.34
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2269
38.43
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.81
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.22
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.385
1.385
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1975
33.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.43
38.43
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Byron Houck and Carl Mays

Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.98
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.263
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Byron Houck and Carl Mays

Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
118
366.84
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
193
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
175
544.04
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
20
62.18
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
14
43.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.5
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
6
18.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
5.26
16.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
29
90.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
28
87.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
6
18.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
10
31.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
15
46.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
1.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron Houck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
139.9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
4.29
4.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
31.09
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Byron Houck
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50