Passage: In a 15-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants (NL), Mays compiled a 207-126 record with 29 shutouts in baseballs, 862 strikeouts and a 2.92 earned run average when the league average was 3.48. He won twenty or more games five times. He was also noted for his skills with a at bat, hitting five home runs, recording 110 run batted in, and sporting a lifetime .268 batting average&mdash;an unusually high mark for a pitcher. Mays is the only Red Sox pitcher to toss two nine-inning complete game victories on the same day, as he bested the 1918 Philadelphia Athletics season 12-0 and 4-1 on August 30, 1918. Those wins put the Red Sox one step from clinching the league championship, as they led Cleveland by 3 1/2 games with 4 remaining to play.
How many games did Mays play in his career? How many more games were left to play than games Cleveland was behind? How many points higher was the league average than Mays' personal run average? What team did Mays play for in 1918? What team was Mays playing during his record setting game?