Duster Mails
[edit] Biography
Born on October 1, 1894 in San Quentin, California, Duster Mails (John Walter Mails) played for the Brooklyn Superbas, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career. Mails broke into the bigs on September 28, 1915 with the Brooklyn Superbas, and put up a 1.85 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Duster Mails's best season was 1921, when he posted a 3.94 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 87 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3.60
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3.63
| 13
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 15
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1920
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 1.85
| 25
| 18
| 13
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 63.1
| 54
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1921
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 24
| 14
| 8
| 3.94
| 87
| 103
| 85
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 194.1
| 210
| 4
| 89
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 13
| 4
| 7
| 5.28
| 54
| 69
| 61
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 104
| 122
| 8
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| 21
| 16
| 7
| 7
| 4.60
| 49
| 78
| 67
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 131
| 145
| 11
| 58
| 0
| 1
| 7
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .00
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 35
| 16
| 7
| 10
| 4.43
| 66
| 91
| 76
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 154.1
| 168
| 14
| 73
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 69
| 45
| 25
| 15
| 3.96
| 166
| 190
| 159
| 20
| 5
| 2
| 361.2
| 386
| 13
| 147
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 61
| 32
| 25
| 4.10
| 232
| 281
| 235
| 29
| 5
| 2
| 516
| 554
| 27
| 220
| 0
| 7
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1920
| CLE
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| CLE
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 33
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 104
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 96
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| BRO
| N
| 11
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 20
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .273
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 64
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 4
| .094
| .205
| .125
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 38
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 31
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .161
| .212
| .258
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| STL
| N
| 21
| 45
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .133
| .188
| .178
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 35
| 50
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .140
| .189
| .180
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 69
| 115
| 10
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .130
| .219
| .183
| 4
| 1
| 13
| 58
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 165
| 14
| 22
| 0
| 8
| .133
| .210
| .182
| 6
| 1
| 16
| 73
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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- Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from Brooklyn Robins (May 10, 1917).
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