Carl Mays vs. Dave Sells — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Sells
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Sells 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 3.9 and 1.598 for Dave Sells. 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 Dave Sells

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
0.62
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.72
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.11
61.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
3.9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
138.1
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.19
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.839
0.839
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
40.53
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
4.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.46
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
34.68
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.53
40.53

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Dave Sells

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.86
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138.1
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.82
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.378
0.378
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Dave Sells

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
54000
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.684
0.684
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
145.62
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
233
116.6
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121.02
60.56
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
190.16
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
361
180.65
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.663
0.663
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
55.05
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
109.09
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139.67
69.89
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
116
58.05
Dave Sells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
22.02
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Dave Sells
Career
Per 600 PA