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Erskine
Mayer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 178
 
Born: January 16, 1889 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Cy Young Award 1917   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 23 DET AL   10 3 4 3 7 8 8 8 8 8
1913 24 DET AL   10 3 4 3 8 9 8 8 8 8
1914 25 DET AL $ 300,000 10 4 5 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1915 26 DET AL $ 300,000 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1916 27 DET AL $ 300,000 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1917 28 DET AL $ 4,421,429 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1918 29 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 8 8 8
1919 30 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1920 31 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 3 4 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
1921 32 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 3 4 3 9 10 10 8 8 8
1922 33 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 2 4 3 9 10 9 8 8 8
1923 34 DET AL $ 6,670,000 10 3 4 3 8 9 9 8 8 8
1924 35 DET AL $ 1,670,000 10 2 3 3 8 9 9 8 8 8
1925 36 DET AL $ 1,670,000 10 1 2 2 7 8 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   10 1 2 2 7 8 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,670,000 10 4 5 4 10 10 10 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1912 23 DET AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1913 24 DET AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1914 25 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1915 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1916 27 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1917 28 DET AL $ 4,421,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1918 29 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1919 30 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1920 31 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1921 32 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1922 33 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1923 34 DET AL $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1924 35 DET AL $ 1,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1925 36 DET AL $ 1,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,670,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1912 23 AAA   8 8 .500 19 19 9 2 0 150.0 139 63 6 50 121 3.78 .243 .303 .347 .651  
1913 24 AAA   13 12 .520 27 27 16 1 0 214.0 209 66 16 56 139 2.78 .253 .300 .347 .647  
1914 25 DET AL 13 16 .448 35 35 28 0 0 307.3 301 122 16 86 141 3.57 .257 .310 .362 .672 17.4
1915 26 DET AL 19 16 .543 40 40 33 5 0 348.0 288 85 5 59 157 2.20 .226 .265 .303 .568 30.7
1916 27 DET AL 21 16 .568 41 41 32 7 0 349.7 324 103 12 38 156 2.65 .249 .277 .324 .601 31.0
1917 28 DET AL 30 10 .750 42 42 37 4 0 366.3 335 101 7 43 154 2.48 .243 .268 .312 .580 32.1
1918 29 DET AL 22 12 .647 42 42 31 7 0 367.3 332 96 4 46 146 2.35 .241 .268 .295 .563 31.2
1919 30 DET AL 15 21 .417 36 36 31 1 0 308.7 334 116 9 43 98 3.38 .276 .305 .357 .662 15.8
1920 31 DET AL 25 12 .676 40 40 29 3 0 342.7 355 125 6 46 123 3.28 .269 .296 .350 .646 29.7
1921 32 DET AL 15 15 .500 35 35 24 1 0 293.0 341 141 15 46 84 4.33 .287 .313 .389 .702 21.8
1922 33 DET AL 13 16 .448 36 36 24 1 0 307.7 331 132 19 73 65 3.86 .278 .321 .393 .715 23.0
1923 34 DET AL 8 19 .296 36 26 16 0 0 226.0 293 138 15 67 53 5.50 .316 .366 .436 .801 4.5
1924 35 DET AL 9 8 .529 29 18 12 0 0 163.7 195 80 11 43 31 4.40 .297 .341 .412 .753 7.8
1925 36 DET AL 1 1 .500 13 2 1 0 0 24.0 34 22 5 12 5 8.25 .327 .393 .577 .970 0.0
12 Years Sim 191 162 .541 425 393 298 29 0 3404.3 3463 1261 124 602 1213 3.33 .264 .299 .353 .653 245.1
2 Years AAA 21 20 .512 46 46 25 3 0 364.0 348 129 22 106 260 3.19 .249 .301 .347 .649  
Season Average 15 13 .536 35 32 24 2 0 283.7 288 105 10 50 101 3.33 .264 .299 .353 .653  
Career Highs 30 21 .750 42 42 37 7 0 367.3 355 141 19 86 157 8.25 .327 .393 .577 .970  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1702 631 57 236 801   .255 .280 .340 .620
vs LH   1761 630 67 366 412   .275 .314 .367 .681
Home 102 81 .557 224 206 161 16 0 1832.3 1834 687 79 331 642 3.37 .261 .294 .351 .645
Away 89 81 .524 201 187 137 13 0 1572.0 1629 574 45 271 571 3.29 .269 .300 .356 .656
Mar/Apr 20 8 .714 39 36 25 2 0 325.0 315 101 9 52 118 2.80 .256 .286 .316 .602
May 35 28 .556 79 69 59 4 0 613.0 648 226 20 95 235 3.32 .270 .298 .361 .660
June 35 24 .593 72 66 51 4 0 575.3 573 178 18 113 202 2.78 .260 .296 .337 .633
July 35 36 .493 87 82 54 5 0 690.3 715 287 24 129 236 3.74 .267 .301 .359 .660
August 32 35 .478 73 72 56 6 0 615.0 650 267 28 117 225 3.91 .274 .308 .379 .687
Sep/Oct 34 31 .523 75 68 54 8 0 585.7 562 202 25 96 197 3.10 .254 .285 .347 .632
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1914 25 DET AL 35 108 10 22 5 2 0 7 0 0 3 39 .204 .223 .287 .510 6.7 0.0
1915 26 DET AL 40 120 9 24 1 0 0 7 1 0 5 39 .200 .227 .208 .435 6.5 0.0
1916 27 DET AL 41 123 12 29 1 0 0 16 0 0 5 39 .236 .262 .244 .505 7.5 0.0
1917 28 DET AL 42 144 13 23 3 0 0 11 0 1 3 44 .160 .177 .181 .357 0.9 0.0
1918 29 DET AL 42 127 12 22 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 25 .173 .192 .181 .373 1.7 0.0
1919 30 DET AL 36 113 6 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .142 .149 .159 .308 -0.6 0.0
1920 31 DET AL 40 116 3 24 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 30 .207 .220 .233 .453 5.7 0.0
1921 32 DET AL 35 103 13 29 3 0 2 16 0 0 4 19 .282 .312 .369 .681 12.3 1.3
1922 33 DET AL 36 100 7 20 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 23 .200 .238 .210 .448 5.0 0.0
1923 34 DET AL 36 68 4 16 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 13 .235 .235 .309 .544 4.8 0.0
1924 35 DET AL 29 51 1 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 .196 .226 .196 .422 1.6 0.0
1925 36 DET AL 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 425 1182 91 235 23 3 2 92 2 1 31 312 .199 .220 .228 .448 50.8 1.3
162 Game Average 450 34 89 8 1 0 35 0 0 11 118 .199 .220 .228 .448 19.4  
Career Highs 42 144 13 29 5 2 2 16 1 1 5 44 .282 .312 .369 .681 12.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   835 57 150 14 2 1 63 0 1 22 227 .180 .200 .205 .405 21.5
vs LH   347 34 85 9 1 1 29 2 0 9 85 .245 .267 .285 .553 24.2
Home 224 596 50 124 5 2 1 54 0 1 17 149 .208 .232 .228 .460 25.3
Away 201 586 41 111 18 1 1 38 2 0 14 163 .189 .207 .229 .436 20.5
RISP   331 0 58 6 0 2 89 0 0 15 102 .175 .207 .211 .418 11.1
Close/Late   123 7 28 5 0 1 12 0 0 2 31 .228 .238 .293 .531 7.6
Mar/Apr 39 108 14 26 4 0 1 15 1 0 2 28 .241 .246 .306 .551 7.8
May 79 211 20 37 3 2 0 14 1 0 8 60 .175 .205 .209 .413 6.4
June 66 193 14 46 7 0 1 25 0 1 5 45 .238 .256 .290 .546 12.7
July 87 244 16 43 3 0 0 12 0 0 5 57 .176 .196 .189 .385 4.6
August 73 217 15 41 2 1 0 14 0 0 7 67 .189 .220 .207 .428 7.0
Sep/Oct 75 209 12 42 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 55 .201 .216 .220 .436 7.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1914 25 DET AL P 35 35 307.3 16 76 1 3 .989 2.69    
1915 26 DET AL P 40 40 348.0 19 66 2 9 .977 2.20    
1916 27 DET AL P 41 41 349.7 17 80 3 7 .970 2.50    
1917 28 DET AL P 42 42 366.3 24 63 0 2 1.000 2.14    
1918 29 DET AL P 42 42 367.3 20 67 2 1 .978 2.13    
1919 30 DET AL P 36 36 308.7 26 57 5 2 .943 2.42    
1920 31 DET AL P 40 40 342.7 16 69 5 5 .944 2.23    
1921 32 DET AL P 35 35 293.0 21 58 7 3 .919 2.43    
1922 33 DET AL P 36 36 307.7 23 51 0 2 1.000 2.16    
1923 34 DET AL P 36 26 226.0 21 39 0 2 1.000 2.39    
1924 35 DET AL P 29 18 163.7 15 29 2 2 .957 2.42    
1925 36 DET AL P 13 2 24.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.63    
Career Totals   425 393 3404.3 219 661 27 39 .970 2.33    
Career Highs   42 42 367.3 26 80 7 9 1.000 2.69    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1917 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 3 0 2 2 3.00 .229 .270 .257 .527
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 3 0 2 2 3.00 .229 .270 .257 .527
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1917 28 DET AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1915-5-2.20
1916-9-2.65
1917-5-2.48
1918-4-2.35
1920-5-3.28
CAR-50-3.33
 Wins
1915-8-19
1916-6-21
1917-1-30
1918-4-22
1919-10-15
1920-2-25
1921-9-15
CAR-34-191
 Losses
1914-6-16
1916-7-16
1919-1-21
1921-10-15
1922-6-16
1923-2-19
CAR-37-162
 Winning Pct
1917-1-.750
1918-6-.647
1920-3-.676
 Games Pitched
1916-3-41
1917-3-42
1918-2-42
1919-8-36
1920-6-40
CAR-42-425
 Games Started
1915-7-40
1916-1-41
1917-2-42
1918-1-42
1919-8-36
1920-5-40
CAR-38-393
Complete Games
1914-8-28
1915-1-33
1916-2-32
1917-1-37
1918-6-31
1919-4-31
1920-9-29
1921-8-24
1922-10-24
CAR-30-298
 Shutouts
1915-5-5
1916-2-7
1917-5-4
1918-2-7
1920-3-3
1921-9-1
1922-10-1
CAR-21-29
 Innings Pitched
1915-7-348.0
1916-3-349.7
1917-1-366.3
1918-3-367.3
1919-8-308.7
1920-5-342.7
1921-10-293.0
1922-9-307.7
CAR-35-3404.3
 Hits Allowed
1914-10-301
1916-2-324
1917-3-335
1918-6-332
1919-5-334
1920-6-355
1921-8-341
CAR-31-3463
 Homeruns Allowed
1914-3-16
1916-4-12
1919-4-9
1921-7-15
1922-2-19
1923-4-15
1924-7-11
CAR-16-124
 Strikeouts
1915-10-157
1916-7-156
1917-6-154
1918-8-146
1920-9-123
CAR-50-1213
Walks per 9IP
1915-5-1.5
1916-1-1.0
1917-1-1.1
1918-3-1.1
1919-4-1.3
1920-1-1.2
1921-2-1.4
CAR-18-1.6
 Hits per 9IP
1915-9-7.4
 WHiP
1915-2-1.00
1916-2-1.04
1917-3-1.03
1918-2-1.03
1919-10-1.22
1920-2-1.17
1921-4-1.32
1922-10-1.31
CAR-28-1.19
 OAVG
1915-9-.226
1920-10-.269
 OOBP
1915-2-.265
1916-6-.277
1917-3-.268
1918-3-.268
1920-2-.296
1921-2-.313
CAR-25-.299
 OSLG
1917-10-.312
1918-7-.295
1920-7-.350
1921-9-.389
OOPS
1915-6-.568
1916-10-.601
1917-7-.580
1918-4-.563
1920-5-.646
1921-4-.702
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 153    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 78    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  4. King Brady (925)
  5. Addie Joss (923)
  6. Lew Moren (920)
  7. Ed Kinsella (917)
  8. Hi West (914)
  9. Eddie Plank (910)
  10. Ed Walsh (909)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Christy Mathewson (993)
  2. Jim Bagby (993)
  3. Dick Rudolph (988)
  4. Red Causey (987)
  5. Jesse Haines (984)
  6. Hooks Wiltse (977)
  7. Eddie Plank (974)
  8. Dutch Ruether (973)
  9. Slim Harriss (973)
  10. George Ferguson (972)
History
Injured on 4/20/1912 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 5/5/1913 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/15/1914, off Dixie Walker (SLA)
Earned first career win on 4/15/1914
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/1915, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Pitched NO-HITTER against Cleveland on 7/17/1916, striking out 3
Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1916, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,421,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1917: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $6,670,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1917, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Cy Young Award in 1917, going 30-10, 2.48 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1918, going 4-2, 1.31
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1919, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/12/1920, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1920, going 7-0, 1.89
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1921, off Louis Drucke (SLA)
Injured on 6/2/1922 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
4/17/1923: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,670,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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