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Duster Mails

American baseball player (1894–1974)

PersonDied aged 79humanQ5317066

Also known as John Walter Mails · Walter Mails · The Great Mails

Born: October 1, 1894
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: July 5, 1974
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: San Quentin
Place of death: San Francisco
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Education: Christian Brothers High School

Overview

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John Walter "Duster" Mails was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He won 32 games while playing for the Brooklyn Robins, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Cardinals, and helped the Indians win the 1920 World Series. Mails also won 207 games in the minor leagues, pitching mostly in the Pacific Coast League.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

7 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1915	Brooklyn Robins	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1916	Brooklyn Robins	11	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
1920	Cleveland Indians	9	20	3	4	1	0	0	2	6	.200	.273	.250	.523
1921	Cleveland Indians	34	64	5	6	2	0	4	9	38	.094	.205	.125	.330
1922	Cleveland Indians	26	31	2	5	1	1	1	2	14	.161	.212	.258	.470
1925	St. Louis Cardinals	21	45	3	6	2	0	3	3	13	.133	.188	.178	.365
1926	St. Louis Cardinals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Career		104	165	14	22	6	1	8	16	73	.133	.210	.182	.392

MLB pitching stats — season by season

7 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1915	Brooklyn Robins	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	5	3	3.60	2.200
1916	Brooklyn Robins	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	17.1	15	7	1	9	13	3.63	1.385
1920	Cleveland Indians	7	0	9	8	6	2	0	63.1	54	13	1	18	25	1.85	1.137
1921	Cleveland Indians	14	8	34	24	10	2	2	194.1	210	85	4	89	87	3.94	1.539
1922	Cleveland Indians	4	7	26	13	4	1	0	104.0	122	61	8	40	54	5.28	1.558
1925	St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	21	14	9	0	0	131.0	145	67	11	58	49	4.60	1.550
1926	St. Louis Cardinals	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0.00	3.000
Career		32	25	104	59	29	5	2	516.0	554	235	27	220	232	4.10	1.500

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland Guardians
Saint Mary's Gaels baseball
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
Birth name: John Walter Mails
Nickname: The Great Mails
League: Major League Baseball
Coach of sports team: Santa Clara Broncos baseball
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1.Stated in NCAA Statistics
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Place of burial: Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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