Carl Mays threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman who died the next day.
Carl Mays is an interesting Hall of Fame case. His similarity score peers are HoFers and borderline cases. However, he was a malcontent on Boston, then he threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman. I wonder if these moments in his career made him unenshrineable.
— Pete Turner (@PeteATurner) February 25, 2024
"What happened to me in August of 1920 is the only thing anybody remembers,”
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) May 4, 2024
Carl Mays suggested he & Chapman shouldered “equal responsibility” since such batters took “a foothold, digging in, right on top of the plate & almost defying the pitcher to throw to the inside corner… pic.twitter.com/r7e1AloeNt
Carl Mays pitching motion https://t.co/A6e6yD8Zei pic.twitter.com/15W5iAx0nH
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) May 5, 2024
Sad! 