Carl Mays vs. Cam Sanders — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cam Sanders
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Cam Sanders 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 8.1 and 2.100 for Cam Sanders. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Mays and Cam Sanders

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.95
7.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
12.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.15
12.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.7
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
6.75
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.4
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
45.9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.7
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
39.15
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Cam Sanders

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Cam Sanders

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
502
251.21
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1199
600
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Cam Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Cam Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA