» May 21, 1915: The Red Sox and White Sox battle for 17 innings at Comiskey Park, before Chicago prevails, 3–2. Red Faber wins his 7th straight, beating Carl Mays, who takes over in the 8th.

» June 15, 1915: On Bunker Hill Day in Boston, the Browns manage just four hits and one run off Babe Ruth in six innings. Ruth strikes out 10 before collapsing in the 7th. Carl Mays relieves with one out and the Red Sox emerge with an 11–10 win, Ruth the victor. The Sox are now tied for 2nd with the Tigers.

» July 22, 1915: At St. Louis, the Red Sox use three pitchers in subduing the Browns 7–3. With the Red Sox ahead, Carl Mays takes over in the 2nd with two outs and pitches through the 8th to earn the win. Browns rookie George Sisler pitches in the 9th inning, allowing a hit to Red Sox reliever Smokey Joe Wood.

» July 25, 1915: In the first of two games, the Browns cuff Red Sox starter Babe Ruth for four unearned runs in the 3rd, and the young lefty is relieved by Carl Mays. Boston ties the score 4–4 in the 4th, but the Browns eventually win 9–8. In the nitecap, a 1–1 tie, George Sisler pitches the last two innings for the Browns.

» August 28, 1915: In the first of two at Cleveland, the Red Sox win 5–3 behind Babe Ruth and Carl Mays,

» September 16, 1915: In the first of important four games series at Fenway Park, the Tigers (90–48) and Red Sox (90-44) square off. Detroit knocks out starter Rube Foster, then rookie reliever Carl Mays keeps throwing at Ty Cobb till he hits the Tiger star on the wrist. Cobb slings his bat at Mays in retaliation, and the crowd reacts by throwing bottles at Cobb. The next inning, Cobb catches a fly ball for the final out and then needs a police escort to leave the field. The Tigers win 6–1.

» October 13, 1915: Back home, the Phils get four runs early off Rube Foster. The Red Sox break a tie in the 9th for the 3rd time, as reliever Eppa Rixey gives up Harry Hooper's 2nd solo home run of the game, and Boston wins the Series 4–1. The Sox victory comes without using Babe Ruth or Carl Mays on the mound.

» May 5, 1916: Red Sox pitcher Carl Mays relieves Babe Ruth with the score 4–2 in the 9th against New York. New York ties the game on a 2-out error by 3B Larry Gardner, and wins in 13 innings, 8–4. Mays makes his first appearance of the year following a tonsil operation in the spring.

» May 20, 1916: At Fenway, starter Babe Ruth walks the first two Browns hitters. With the 2nd walk, Ruth's batterymate Pinch Thomas complains so much about the call that he is tossed, and Sam Agnew takes his place behind the plate. After two outs, and runners at 1B and 3B, the Browns pull a double steal to score. The Sox take a 2–1 lead after 4, and when Ruth walks the bases loaded in the 6th, Carl Mays relieves. Mays allows two hits in three 1/3 innings to preserve the 3–1 win. Ruth allows no hits in his five 2/3 innings.

» May 28, 1916: It's shutout day in the AL: Carl Mays submarines the Yankees, 3–0, for the visiting Red Sox., and the White Sox take two from the Indians, both by 2–0 scores. The winning pitchers are Jim Scott and Red Faber.

» June 4, 1916: Cleveland continues to beat up on Red Sox pitching, whipping Carl Mays and Rube Foster, to win, 9–3.

» June 9, 1916: In Detroit, consecutive doubles by Bobby Veach and George Burns stop Ruth's scoreless innings at 25. Ruth evens the score with a longest drive ever seen at Navin Field, into the RF bleachers. When Ruth tires in the 9th, Carl Mays relieves and loses, 6–5. Ruth is 3-for-3 at bat.

» June 24, 1916: The Red Sox sweep two from the A's, winning 3–2 and taking the night cap, 7–3 behind Carl Mays. Mays also saves the opener for Dutch Leonard.

» July 14, 1916: At Boston, Carl Mays and the St. Louis Browns lefty Ernie Koob battle each other. After 17 innings, the game ends in a tie with the score 0–0. Koob pitches all 17 innings, while Mays lasts 15.

» July 30, 1916: Carl Mays tops the St. Louis Browns, 9–3 for a Red Sox win. With the Browns sweeping the Yankees, Boston goes into first place.

» October 7, 1916: Despite a 4-run Brooklyn rally in the 9th, the Red Sox defeat Rube Marquard 6–5 to win Game One of the World Series at Braves Field. Ernie Shore gets the win, Carl Mays a save. The Sox turn four double plays, including a spectacular 9-2 where Harry Hooper makes the catch from a sitting position and quickly gets up to throw out Zack Wheat at the plate.

» October 10, 1916: In Game Three, Larry Gardener's 7th inning home run over the RF fence at Brooklyn brings the Sox within a run 4–3, but Jeff Pfeffer, in relief of Jack Coombs, shuts them down. Carl Mays takes the loss. Charlie Ebbets becomes the first owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5—up from $3.

» May 26, 1917: At St. Louis, Red Sox starter Carl Mays is rocked for four runs and lasts just one inning, giving way to Lore Bader, who gives up single runs in the 2nd and 3rd. That's good enough for a victory for Bader, as the Sox score in each of the first five innings on their way to an 11–7 victory. Ernie Shore stanches the scoring over the last six innings, allowing a single Brown run in the 9th. Shore's save goes unnoticed for 50 years until ICI research uncovers his efforts.

» May 31, 1917: Boston's Carl Mays beats the Indians, 5–1, for the Red Sox 10th straight win.

» June 18, 1917: On Bunker Hill Day, the Red Sox celebrate by sweeping two from the White Sox, 6–4 and 8–7. In the afternoon game, Chicago loses a 3-run lead in the 9th when the Sox use three singles, two errors and a passed ball to score four runs. Carl Mays and Herb Pennock are the winners, while Babe Ruth is limited to a pinch hitting appearance in game 2. Bosox players Ernie Shore and assistant-manager Heinie Wagner are notified that they are suspended indefinitely for arguments voiced during Friday's game.

» September 4, 1917: The Yankees split a pair with Boston, losing 4–2 to Babe Ruth in the opener, then beating Carl Mays, 7–3. Ruth allows no hits until the 6th inning and just five hits overall.

» October 2, 1917: At Boston, the Red Sox and Senators divide a doubleheader, Washington winning 9–7 in 10 innings, then losing 2–1 in eight innings. Howard Shanks has four of the 15 Nats hits off Dutch Leonard in the first game as Doc Ayers wins in relief. Ayers and Carl Mays, both after bonus money, duel in the 2nd game, with Mays emerging the richer.

» April 16, 1918: In their season openers, the Reds' Pete Schneider and the Red Sox' Carl Mays each pitch one-hitters. The Giants play before a record crowd of 30,000 at the Polo Grounds, beating Brooklyn 6-4.

» August 30, 1918: Carl Mays of the Red Sox wins two games 12-0 and 4-1 over the A's to finish at 21­13.

» September 7, 1918: On one day's rest, Hippo Vaughn gives up only seven hits, but Carl Mays wins a 2–1 duel. Wally Schang has two hits for Boston. Game three ends with the Cubs' Charlie Pick caught in a rundown between 3B and home while trying to score on a passed ball.

» September 11, 1918: The Red Sox win the World Series in game six on Carl Mays's 2nd victory, a 2–1 three–hitter. With two on and two out in the 3rd, utility OF George Whiteman lines a hard drive to RF. Max Flack drops it, allowing the only runs off Lefty Tyler. Righty Claude Hendrix, 20–7 during the year, finally makes an appearance, tossing a final inning for the Cubs. Cubs pitchers compile a 1.04 ERA, while Boston's .186 BA is the lowest ever for a World Series winner, but they compensate by making just one error, a record not beaten this century in a 6-game World Series. The Red Sox will realize $1,102 each, the Cubs $671, the smallest winner's share ever earned. The inning by inning results of the game were relayed to Fort Devans, 58 miles away, via homing nine pigeons.

» March 17, 1919: The Red Sox, minus holdouts Carl Mays and Babe Ruth, sail from New York aboard the S.S. Arapahoe. The trip to spring training is stormy and most of the players will be seasick. Ruth will sign on the 21st in New York and leave the night for Florida. Mays, unsigned will join Ruth and the Sox in Tampa.

» July 13, 1919: Submarine P Carl Mays quits the mound after two innings at Chicago, blaming his teammates for lack of support afield. In defiance of Ban Johnson's order that no action be taken until Mays is returned to good standing, Boston owner Harry Frazee trades Mays to the Yankees for pitchers Bob McGraw Allen Russell and $40,000. Johnson suspends Mays indefinitely and orders umpires not to let him pitch for New York. The Yankees get a court order restraining Johnson from interfering, further eroding Johnson's authority and standing. The AL directors will reinstate Mays. In retaliation, on October 29th the National Commission will refuse to recognize the Yankees' third-place finish and will withhold the players' share of the pool. New York's owners will pay out of their own pockets.

» February 12, 1920: In a defeat for American League president Johnson, Carl Mays is reinstated, and the Yankees' 3rd place finish is recognized. Furthermore, a two man committee is appointed to review all fines over $100 and suspensions of more than 10 days. Dissatisfaction with the National Commission system comes to a head. The National League votes 6–2 for a one-man commission; the AL votes 6–2 for the status quo. Chairman Garry Herrmann resigns, stating his belief that no club owner should serve on the governing board. When the two leagues cannot agree on a chairman, it is left to the league presidents to decide disputes.

» August 16, 1920: Cleveland SS Ray Chapman, 29, is beaned by a Carl Mays pitch. A righthanded batter who crowds the plate, Chapman freezes and fails to get out of the way of the submarine delivery. He is carried from the field and dies the next day from a fractured skull. Mays, a surly, unpopular pitcher, is the target of fans' and players' outrage. Chapman, a Cleveland favorite since breaking in in 1912, had been married the previous year. In October his wife will receive a full World Series share, $3,986.34. The incident has no effect on Mays's pitching. One week later he will blank Detroit 10-0, and go on to win 26 and lose 11. Joe Sewell will be called up to take Chapman's place, and for 14 years he will be the hardest man in baseball to strike out.

» September 4, 1920: In Boston, 33,000 are on hand for a doubleheader and to see Ruth return to the Yankee lineup. The Babe hits his 45th in the opener to give New York a 5–3 win. In the nitecap, Carl Mays pitches to a mixture of boos and cheers. Mays takes a 5–3 lead into the 9th, then he fails to back up home on a play at the plate. A loose ball allows Joe Bush to score the winning run and Boston wins 6–5.

» September 8, 1920: On their way to Cleveland, the Yanks play an exhibition game against the Pirates and suffers injuries to starters, Muddy Ruel (split finger) and Ping Bodie (sprained ankle). With Carl Mays skipping the Indians series to avoid any scenes, New York is short handed.

» September 13, 1920: Carl Mays, who started yesterday, opens today for the Yankees in Detroit. This time he is more effective, stopping Detroit on two runs. Ruth hits his 49th home run and Mays drives in the final run of a 4–2 win.

» September 20, 1920: Carl Mays stops the Yanks four game loss streak with a 4–3 win over the Browns. Ruth tallies the winning run in the 11th inning for NY, giving the Babe an American League-record 148 runs scored. Ty Cobb had 147 in 1911. Ruth doubled off Carl Weilman in the 11th after striking out twice on slow curves.

» September 27, 1920: Carl Mays and the Yankees beat the A's, 3–0, as Mays allows just four hits. It is his 3rd straight shutout over Philadelphia and his 10th straight win against them. Babe Ruth drives in all the runs on a pair of homers over the RF fence off Rommel, his 52nd and 53rd homers of the campaign. He hit two other liners to left and center that were close to the wall.

» April 13, 1921: In the season opener for the Yankees, Ruth goes 5-for-5, as New York and Carl Mays beat the A's 11-1.

» August 13, 1921: In Philadelphia, 33,000 fans—the largest crowd to watch a game in Philadelphia since 1914—see Carl Mays win his 15th straight over the Mackmen as the Yankees prevail, 7–2, in game 1. Bob Shawkey coasts home to a 13–7 win in the nitecap. Meusel homers in each game.

» September 3, 1921: Powered by Babe Ruth's 50th homer and the pitching of Carl Mays, the Yankees down the host Senators, 9–3.

» September 10, 1921: Catcher Wally Schang has five of the Yankees' 21 hits as the New Yorkers wallop the A's 19–3. A ML record-tying five Yankees collect two hits in the 9th inning: Schang, Mays, Miller, Peckinpaugh, and Ruth. Ruth's 2nd hit, a single, hits Peck for the 3rd out. Winning P Carl Mays gives up 13 hits to Philadelphia in winning his 16th straight over them.

» September 25, 1921: At the Polo Grounds, the Yankees thrash the 2nd place Indians 21–7 to move a full game ahead of the Tribe. The Yanks knock out Caldwell in the 2nd and dust Mails for 10 runs in his two innings. Carl Mays goes the distance for the win.

» September 26, 1921: Babe Ruth hits Nos. 57 and 58 plus a double and a walk to beat the Indians 8–7, and the Yankees take a two game lead. George Burns adds a triple and three singles for New York in the come-from-behind win. The Indians load the bases in the 9th inning but Steve Neill strikes out on a Carl Mays fastball in the dirt to end it.

» September 29, 1921: With New York in 1st place by one 1/2 games over Cleveland, and facing the Indians in the 4th game of the series, Miller Huggins polls his players to find out who they'd like to see start. The team elects to go with veteran Jack Quinn, but the spitballer comes up dry giving up three runs in the 1st inning before Waite Hoyt relieves. Ruth hits a 1st inning home run, adds an RBI double in the 3rd and a 2-run home run in the 5th to give the Yankees the lead. Carl Mays, who took over in the 5th, strikes out Steve O'Neill with two on in the 9th to end it 5–4. The win increases New York's lead to two 1/2 games. The four-game series at the Polo Grounds draws a record 147,000 people.

» October 1, 1921: After clinching the pennant with a 5–3 win over Philadelphia in the opener behind Carl Mays' 17th straight win over Philadelphia, the Yankees bring Babe Ruth into pitch in relief in the night cap. Ruth, with just one other pitching appearance all season, takes over in the 8th with New York in the lead 6–0. Ruth quickly allows the A's six runs to tie the score, but then knuckles down to hold them scoreless to the 11th when New York scores a run to win, 7–6. Ruth drives in his 167th run in the game, besting Sam Thompson's mark set in 1884. For Mays, it is his 7th straight win over Philley this season.

» October 5, 1921: In the first one-city World Series since 1906, the Polo Grounds will be the site for all nine games. Carl Mays (27-9) is at his best, needing 86 pitches to set the Giants down with five hits—4 of them by Frank Frisch. Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of this 3–0 Yankee win. Mike McNally, subbing for Frank Baker at 3B, steals home in the 5th while Phil Douglas (15-10) is winding up. The game is broadcast on KDKA radio, with Grantland Rice announcing. It is the only game of the season's World Series to be aired.

» October 9, 1921: After a rainout, a Sunday crowd of 36,371 watches Carl Mays and Phil Douglas square off for game 4. Mays works five hitless innings, while a run-scoring triple by Wally Schang gives the Yanks a 1–0 lead. Mays then apparently tires and the Giants club seven hits in the last two innings for four runs. abe Ruth's first World Series homer comes in the 9th, but the Giants win 4–2.

» October 12, 1921: Carl Mays and Phil Douglas meet again, and again Mays has perfect control (he gives up no walks in 26 innings). He yields six hits, but a 7th-inning error by Aaron Ward at 2B, followed by Snyder's double, break a 1–1 tie and give Douglas his 2nd win.

» April 24, 1922: It takes 11 innings, but Carl Mays and the Yankees edge the Athletics, 6–4. It is Mays' 18th consecutive win against the A's. A 2-run homer by Wally Pipp off Joe Harris decides the game.

» May 6, 1922: Carl Mays allows two hits -- both to Bing Miller -- and faces just 29 batters as the Yankees beat the A's, 2–0. It is the submariner's 19th straight win over Philadelphia and his 2nd in two weeks.

» May 29, 1922: Against Philadelphia, the Yankees plate seven runs in the 7th to beat the Athletics, 7–4. Carl Mays is the winner, notching his 20th straight victory over the A's.

» June 4, 1922: At the Polo Grounds, Carl Mays collects three hits and beats the A's for the 21st straight time. The Yanks win 8–3. Ruth clouts a 3-run HR over the RF fence for NY.

» June 10, 1922: In St. Louis, Babe Ruth's 2-run homer in the third, off Urban Shocker, ties the game. Shocker then plunks Frank Baker, and a double, single, two errors on the same play, and sac fly score four more. Shocker then sends Carl Mays sprawling on three straight pitches before walking him, and fires his first pitch right at Whitey Witt. The Yanks score six off Shocker, and another six off relievers to win, 14–5. A foul fly in the seventh beans St. Louis owner Phil Ball, sitting behind the dugout. He has a slight concussion and requires four stitches.

» July 3, 1922: Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his career to pace the Yankees to a 12–1 whipping of the Athletics. Meusel and Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th as Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the Athletics. As noted by historian Ted Farmer, all of the wins have been complete games.

» August 26, 1922: The Yankees take over first place by beating the Browns, 9–2, behind Carl Mays. Rasty Wright is the loser.

» September 2, 1922: Carl Mays wins his American League record 23rd straight game over the Athletics, although the Mackman knock him out of the box for the first time in his win streak. He leaves with one out in the 6th and the Yankees winning, 7–2. New York prevails, 11–6, in game 1, but the A's win the nitecap, 4–0, behind Hasty.

» September 8, 1922: The Yankees go back on top, this time to stay, beating the Senators, 8–1, behind Carl Mays. while the Browns lose to Detroit, 8–3. New York's win is triggered by Wally Pipp's 6th inning 3-run homer of Walter Johnson, the 2nd homer Wally has dinged off the Senator's ace in nine days.

» October 7, 1922: Judge Landis insists game four be played despite a heavy rain. Again one big inning—a 4-run fourth off Carl Mays (13–4)—is enough for McQuillan to squeeze out a 4–3 win. Aaron Ward’s second HR of the Series is all the long-ball clout the Yankees will display. Mays's brief collapse today, coupled with his two losses in the 1921 series, leads to rumors that he took money to throw the games. The accusations will persist for decades.

» October 4, 1923: In his last appearance for the Yankees, Carl Mays has no magic left as the A's finally sink the submariner, 7–6, knocking him out of the box with four runs in the 5th He had won 24 straight games against the A's. Mays strikes out none, and gives up 10 hits and three walks. He will not appear in any of the World Series games. Ruth, filling in for Pipp at 1B, clubs his 39th home run in the 1st. Eddie Rommel, in relief, is the winner.

» December 11, 1923: Considered a troublemaker, the Yankees sell Carl Mays (5–2) to the Reds for $7500. The submariner will win 20 for the Reds next season.

» September 1, 1924: In the second twinbill whitewash in the National League in two weeks, the Reds shut out the Cardinals, 5–0 and 9–0. Carl Mays submarines the Birds in the opener and Rube Benton coasts in the nitecap.

» September 7, 1924: Behind Carl Mays and Dolf Luque, the Reds sweep a pair from the visiting Pirates, 4–1 and 4–3. The two teams combine for a major-league record as only one walk is issued in the twinbill.

» September 24, 1924: Carl Mays wins his 20th for the Reds 9–6 over the hosts Phils, becoming the first pitcher to win 20 for three different teams in his career. Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander's 21 wins for the Cards in 1927 will make him the 2nd; Gaylord Perry will be 3rd in 1978.

» May 15, 1926: Behind Pete Donohue, the Reds whip the Giants, 11–6, and move into first place. Led by the National League's two top hitters—C Bubbles Hargrave at .353 and OF Cuckoo Christensen at .350—and the pitching of Pete Donohue, Carl Mays, and Eppa Rixey, they'll stay in 1st until mid-July.

» June 19, 1927: At Cincinnati, Phils pitcher Jack Scott performs an ironman feat by pitching two complete games of a doubleheader, beating the Reds 3–1 before losing, 3–0. The 35-year-old is the last to pitch two complete games in one day. Scott allows six hits in the opener and nine in the nitecap, with two going for extra bases. The Reds score in each of the first three innings of the nitecap and Eppa Rixey scatters seven hits to win. Carl Mays loses the opener.

» May 13, 1928: The Reds move into briefly first place in the National League with a 11–4 win over the Phils. Carl Mays is the winner, allowing 11 hits.

» April 19, 1929: The Giants bounce the Phils, 14–5, on 20 hits. Also hitting are Philley 1B Don Hurst and the Giants Harry Kelly, who was verbally riding Hurst from the bench. When separated, Hurst is ejected. Vet Carl Mays is the winning pitcher, running his winning streak to 13 games over the Phils. He's never lost (1st win: May 13, 1924) and it is his final decision against the Quakers.

» January 26, 1930: Carl Mays, whose underhand pitch killed Ray Chapman 10 years earlier, ends his ML career with 208 victories and signs with Portland (Pacific Coast League).

» April 2, 2002: In beating the Padres, 9–0, the Diamondbacks became the first defending World Champions to open the season with back-to-back shutouts since the 1919 Red Sox. The Red Sox shutouts were thrown by Carl Mays and Sad Sam Jones. The last team to start the year with consecutive shutouts was the 1994 Giants. Schilling is the winner today, following Randy Johnson's 2–0 two–hitter yesterday over the Padres. The D'backs get all nine runs off Brian Tollberg, who leaves after two 2/3 innings. Damian Miller has a grand slam. Before the game the Diamondbacks receive their World Series rings: Curt Schilling's son, Gehrig, accepts for him.