Carl Mays Baseball player

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.

Personal facts

Carl Mays
Alias (AKA)Mays Carl William
Birth dateNovember 12, 1891
Birth place
Liberty Kentucky
Date of deathApril 04, 1971
Place of death
El Cajon California

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Baseball player

Career startApril 15, 1915
Career endSeptember 24, 1929
batting sideLeft
former teams
Boston Red Sox
San Francisco Giants
position
Pitcher
teams
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
San Francisco Giants
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

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External resources

  1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r9U-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wkwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4851,6638595&dq=harry-grayson&hl=en
  2. http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081112&content_id=10070&vkey=hof_news
  3. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/news/2007/election/vc/mays.htm
  4. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Mays_Carl.stm
  5. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/08.17.html