Carl Mays, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCarl Mays
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1891
Place of Birth: Liberty, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 04-Apr-1971
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Carl Mays
- Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929.
- Although he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four World Series-champion teams, Mays is primarily remembered for throwing the pitch 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.
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