Bob James vs. Al Mays — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Mays
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetropolitansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bob James and Al Mays are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bob James carried a career ERA of 3.8 against Al Mays's 3.91. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bob James and Al Mays — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Al Mays

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.08
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.38
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.32
37.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
98
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
543
3.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3753
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1341
9.65
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.19
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
2.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
3.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.707
0.707
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.83
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1755
38.81
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5533
39.81
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
905
6.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5060
36.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Al Mays

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.11
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3999
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1333
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.43
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
1.92
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
2.68
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
2.34
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.41
87.41
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.103
2.103
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Al Mays

Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
160
167.25
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
574
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
561.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
89.9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
57.49
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21.95
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.32
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.14
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
32.4
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
19.6
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.87
34.36
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
135.89
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
128.57
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
52.26
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
48.08
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
97.21
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
14.28
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.53
28.78
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
34.49
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
51.22
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.71
11.71
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.54
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.54
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100