Carl Mays

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Carl Mays was a Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century, best known for his submarine pitching style and his controversial role in the fatal beaning of Ray Chapman.

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Carl William Mays 1

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instanceOf Major League Baseball pitcher
human
bats right
burialPlace Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1891-11-12
dateOfDeath 1971-04-04
earnedRunAverage 2.92
era Dead-ball era
familyName Mays
finalMLBGameDate 1929-09-08
finalMLBTeam Cincinnati Reds
fullName Carl Mays self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carl William Mays
givenName Carl
hallOfFameInduction not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
incidentDate_RayChapmanBeaning 1920-08-16
jerseyNumber not consistently recorded
league Major League Baseball
maritalStatus married
militaryService United States Navy Reserve
MLBDebutDate 1915-04-15
MLBDebutLeague Major League Baseball
MLBDebutTeam Boston Red Sox
noHitterTeam Boston Red Sox
notableFor fatal beaning of Ray Chapman
submarine pitching delivery
occupation professional baseball player
pitchingStyle submarine
placeOfBirth Liberty, Kentucky, United States
placeOfDeath El Cajon
surface form: El Cajon, California, United States
playedFor Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
New York Yankees
positionPlayed pitcher
religion Christian
sport baseball
strikeouts 862
teamDuringRayChapmanIncident New York Yankees
threwNoHitter 1917-08-30
throws right
victimOfBeaning Ray Chapman
winLossRecord 207–126
WorldSeriesChampionWith Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
WorldSeriesChampionYear 1915
1916
1923

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Carl Mays fullName Carl Mays self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carl William Mays
1918 World Series notablePlayer Carl Mays