Carl Mays vs. Bill Sayles — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Sayles
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Sayles 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 5.61 and 1.691 for Bill Sayles. 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 Bill Sayles

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
3.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.09
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
5.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
9.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
5.26
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.95
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
41.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
6.41
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.691
1.691
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
36.5
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.76
41.76

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Bill Sayles

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Bill Sayles

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
818.18
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.591
0.591
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
145.62
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
163.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
116.6
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
16.01
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
48.9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
190.16
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
190.91
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
163.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.591
0.591
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
2.05
55.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Bill Sayles
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
245.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bill Sayles
Career
Per 600 PA