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Erskine Mayer

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Erskine Mayer

Full name Jacob Erskine Mayer
Born January 16, 1890, Atlanta, Georgia
Died March 10, 1957, Los Angeles, California
Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Born as: James Erskine
First Game: September 4, 1912; Final Game: October 6, 1919
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 168
Brother of Sam Mayer
Ejections: 1915 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits    7     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        1   0   0   0            0      .000  .000  .000   0.0 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   39    50    0    6   2   0   0    0    3   0i  12   0   0   0   0i  0i   0   0i .120  .170  .160   0.0 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   48   108   10   21   4   1   1    5    6   0i  24   0   3   0   1i  1i   0   0i .194  .237  .278   0.0 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   43    88    7   21   2   1   1    7    4   0i  24   1   5   0   1i  0i   0   0  .239  .280  .318   0.0 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   28    38    2    5   0   0   0    3    4   0i   8   0   2   0i  1i  0i   0   0  .132  .214  .132   0.0 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   28    51    7   10   1   0   0    2    2   0i  11   0   5   0i  2i  0i   0   0i .196  .226  .216   0.0 1917 PHI N
1918 PHI N    Daily Splits   13    37    3    8   0   2   0    7    1   0    8   0   3   0   0   2    0   0  .216  .237  .324   0.0 1918 PHI N
1918 PIT N    Daily Splits   15    42    6    7   1   3   0    3    5   0    9   0   1   0   2   1    0   0  .167  .255  .333   0.0 1918 PIT N
1918 TOT N                   28    79    9   15   1   5   0   10    6   0   17   0   4   0   2   3    0   0  .190  .247  .329   0.0 1918 TOT N
1919 PIT N    Daily Splits   18    29    4    6   0   0   0    1    3   0    9   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .207  .281  .207   0.0 1919 PIT N
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits    6     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1919 CHI A
1919 Total                   24    36    4    6   0   0   0    1    3   0   12   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .167  .231  .167   0.0 1919 Total
Total NL ( 8 Years)         239   446   39   84  10   7   2   28   28   0i 106   1  20   0i  7i  5i   0   0i .188  .238  .256   0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )           6     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 Total AL
Total    ( 8 Years) Splits  245   453   39   84  10   7   2   28   28   0i 109   1  20   0i  7i  5i   0   0i .185  .234  .252   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1915 PHI N
1919 CHI A                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1919 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits    7   1   0   0   0   0   21.1   27    95   1   15   15    7        5   2   0   1   0                   0   1   6.33  1.00  -0.2 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   39  19   7   2  13   1  170.2  172   706   6   77   59   46   1i  51  18   4   9   1  31i  5i  5i 10i  9   9   3.11  3.79   0.1 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   48  38  24   4   8   2  321    308  1343   8  135   92   91   0i 116  34   2  13   1  39i 13i  9i 28i 21  19   2.58  4.03   2.0 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   43  33  20   2   8   2  274.2  240  1092   9   94   72   59   1i 114  32   0  14   1  55i 16i 11i 18i 21  15   2.36  3.30   2.5 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   28  16   7   2   8   0  140    148   580   7   58   49   33   1i  62  16   3   4   1  24i  5i  7i 16i  7   7   3.15  3.25  -0.4 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   28  18  11   1   6   0  160    160   649   6   62   49   33   4i  64  14   2   4   0  24i  7i 10i 15i 11   6   2.76  5.39   0.2 1917 PHI N
1918 PHI N    Daily Splits   13  13   7   0   0   0  104    108   432   2   46   36   26   1   16  11   1   4   0  22   4   6  12   7   4   3.12  4.46  -0.1 1918 PHI N
1918 PIT N    Daily Splits   15  14  11   1   0   0  123.1  122   508   1   40   31   27   4   25  21   0   4   0  12  11   4  14   9   3   2.26  5.29   0.9 1918 PIT N
1918 TOT N                   28  27  18   1   0   0  227.1  230   940   3   86   67   53   5   41  32   1   8   0  34  15  10  26  16   7   2.65  4.89   0.8 1918 TOT N
1919 PIT N    Daily Splits   18  10   6   0   8   1   88.1  100   395   2   50   44   12   1   20   7   1   2   0  18  15   3   8   5   3   4.48  5.90  -1.2 1919 PIT N
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits    6   2   0   0   1   0   23.2   30   106   1   23   22   11   1    9   5   2   0   0   6   4   0   3   1   3   8.37  5.00  -1.7 1919 CHI A
1919 Total                   24  12   6   0   9   1  112    130   501   3   73   66   23   2   29  12   3   2   0  24  19   3  11   6   6   5.30  5.75  -2.9 1919 Total
Total NL ( 8 Years)         239 162  93  12  51   6 1403.1 1385  5800  42  577  447  334  13  473 155  13  55   4 225  76  55 121i 90  67   2.87  4.17   3.8 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )           6   2   0   0   1   0   23.2   30   106   1   23   22   11   1    9   5   2   0   0   6   4   0   3   1   3   8.37  5.00  -1.7 Total AL
Total    ( 8 Years) Splits  245 164  93  12  52   6 1427   1415  5906  43  600  469  345  14  482 160  15  55   4 231  80  55 124i 91  70   2.96  4.18   2.1 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
i - incomplete
                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   11.1   16    49   1    4    3    2   1    7   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   1   2.38  2.50 1915 PHI N
1919 CHI A    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      0     5   0    1    0    1   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0.00     - 1919 CHI A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    3   2   1   0   1   0   12.1   16    54   1    5    3    3   1    7   1   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   2.19  2.50 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1912 PHI N Daily Splits   P    7    1    0    21.1     1    6    1    2   0    0    0i   0       .875
1913 PHI N Daily Splits   P   39   19    7   170.2     3   48    1    2   0    0   15   15    2i .981
1914 PHI N Daily Splits   P   48   38   24   320      14  105    5    1   0    2   41i  33    3i .960
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P   43   33   20   274.2    14   74    2    3   0    1   18i  27    3i .978
1916 PHI N Daily Splits   P   28   16    7   138.2     9   50    3    3   0    2   14i  13    1i .952
1917 PHI N Daily Splits   P   28   18   11   160.1     5   43    3    4   0    0   14i  12    0i .941
1918 PHI N Daily Splits   P   13   13    7   103       6   31    0    0   0    1    8   13    1 1.000
1918 PIT N Daily Splits   P   15   14   11   123.1     4   27    0    1   0    1    9   12    2 1.000
1918 TOT N                P   28   27   18   226.1    10   58    0    1   0    2   17   25    3 1.000
1919 PIT N Daily Splits   P   18   10    6    88.1     2   21    1    0   0    0   12    4    0  .958
1919 CHI A Daily Splits   P    6    2    0    23.2     0    6    0    0   0    0    3    3    0 1.000
1919 Total                P   24   12    6   112       2   27    1    0   0    0   15    7    0  .967
Total ( 8 Years) Splits   P  245  164   93  1424      58  411   16   16   0    7  134i 132   12i .967
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
i - incomplete
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P    2    2    1    11.1     2    3    0    0   0    0    0    4    0 1.000
1919 CHI A Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   P    3    2    1    12.1     2    3    0    0   0    0    0    4    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-10-1915     BOX  PHI N  Ernie Quigley       Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Sold by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Philadelphia Phillies for $2500 (August
17, 1912).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Elmer Jacobs
(July 1, 1918).

Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Pittsburgh Pirates (August, 1919).

Sold by Chicago White Sox to Columbus (American Association) (@February, 1920).
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