Carl Mays vs. Dick Selma — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Selma
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Selma 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 3.62 and 1.380 for Dick Selma. 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 Dick Selma

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
3.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.81
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.45
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.76
24.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.33
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
3.62
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2520
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
8.67
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
7.86
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.74
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
7.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.76
1.76
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3558
38.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.33
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
4.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.327
1.327
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11562
34.44
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3116
33.39
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Dick Selma

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.31
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.81
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2526
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
842
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.68
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.23
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.76
96.76
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.52
24.52
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Dick Selma

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
324
860.18
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
226
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1085
542.95
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
203
538.94
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
35
92.92
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
28
74.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.58
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
8.1
21.51
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
44
116.81
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
41
108.85
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
13
34.51
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
7
18.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
20
53.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5.98
15.88
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
201.77
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.97
2.97
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
42.48
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.62
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1
Dick Selma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Dick Selma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100