For other people named James Mayer, see James Mayer (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Erskine May, the British constitutional theorist, or his book Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice.
Baseball player
Erskine Mayer
Pitcher
Born:(1889-01-16)January 16, 1889 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died: March 10, 1957(1957-03-10) (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 4, 1912, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1919, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
91–70
Earned run average
2.96
Strikeouts
482
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1912–1918)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1918–1919)
Chicago White Sox (1919)
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox.
A right-handed pitcher, Mayer's repertoire of pitches included a curveball which he threw from a sidearm angle.[1] As a result of his curveball, then Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson called Mayer "Eelskine" because the pitch was "so slippery."[2]
Mayer won 20 games in a single season in both 1914 and 1915. He appeared in the 1915 World Series as a member of the Phillies and in the 1919 World Series as a member of the White Sox, a series noted for the Black Sox Scandal.
He was 91–70 in his career, with a 2.96 ERA. He was one of the all-time best Jewish pitchers in major league history through 2010, 3rd career-wise in ERA (behind only Barney Pelty and Sandy Koufax), 7th in wins, and 10th in strikeouts (482).[3]
^Erskine Mayer at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Lyle Spatz, Retrieved June 4, 2007.
^"Jews in Sports". jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
^"Career Pitching Leaders". Career Leaders. Jewish Major Leaguers. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
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