Carl William Mays Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. He is primarily remembered for throwing the beanball that killed Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians on August 16, 1920. Chapman became the only major league player to die as a direct result of an on-field injury.
Pitcher with the Boston Red Sox 1915-1919[start]), New York Yankees (1919[end]-1923), Cincinnati Reds (1924-1928), and New York Giants (1929).
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Made major league debut on 15 April 1915.
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In 1921 led American League pitchers in wins (27), winning percentage (.750), games pitched (49), and innings pitched (336-2/3).
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Led the American League in shutouts in 1918 (8) and 1920 (6).
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Mays, pitching for the New York Yankees, hit Cleveland Indian's Ray Chapman with a pitch, resulting in a depressed fracture just above the left ear. Chapman died the next day. It is the only fatality in major league baseball history. (16 August 1920)