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Erskine Mayer
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American professional baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox.
A right-handed pitcher, Mayer's repertoire of pitches included a curveball which he threw from a sidearm angle. As a result of his curveball, then Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson called Mayer "Eelskine" because the pitch was "so slippery."
Mayer won 20 games in a single season in both 1914 and 1915. He appeared in the 1915 World Series as a member of the Phillies and in the 1919 World Series as a member of the White Sox, a series noted for the Black Sox Scandal.
He was 91–70 in his career, with a 2.96 ERA. He was one of the all-time best Jewish pitchers in major league history through 2010, 3rd career-wise in ERA (behind only Barney Pelty and Sandy Koufax), 7th in wins, and 10th in strikeouts (482).
Mayer was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and was Jewish. His paternal grandparents were Jews who immigrated to the US from Germany, and his father Isaac was a concert pianist and music teacher, and composed an opera in Hebrew. His maternal grandmother traced her ancestry back to the Mayflower, and converted to Judaism. His mother was born Henrietta Frankel. Both of his parents were Jewish.
Mayer attended the Georgia Military Academy. Mayer then enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1907 in order to study engineering. During his years at Georgia Tech, Mayer pitched on the Yellow Jackets baseball team.
In 1910, after three years of school, Mayer left Georgia Tech to pursue a career in professional baseball. He was not the only one in his family to pursue a career in baseball. Sam Mayer, Erskine Mayer's older brother, appeared in 11 games for the 1915 Washington Senators.
When Mayer left Georgia Tech in 1910, he signed first with the Atlanta Crackers and then with the Class D level Fayetteville Highlanders of the Eastern Carolina League. Mayer led the league with an .882 winning percentage (15–2), and the Highlanders won the league championship.
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Erskine Mayer
Jacob Erskine Mayer (born James Erskine Mayer, January 16, 1889 – March 10, 1957) was an American professional baseball player who played for three different Major League Baseball teams during the 1910s. In his eight-year career, Mayer played for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Chicago White Sox.
A right-handed pitcher, Mayer's repertoire of pitches included a curveball which he threw from a sidearm angle. As a result of his curveball, then Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson called Mayer "Eelskine" because the pitch was "so slippery."
Mayer won 20 games in a single season in both 1914 and 1915. He appeared in the 1915 World Series as a member of the Phillies and in the 1919 World Series as a member of the White Sox, a series noted for the Black Sox Scandal.
He was 91–70 in his career, with a 2.96 ERA. He was one of the all-time best Jewish pitchers in major league history through 2010, 3rd career-wise in ERA (behind only Barney Pelty and Sandy Koufax), 7th in wins, and 10th in strikeouts (482).
Mayer was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and was Jewish. His paternal grandparents were Jews who immigrated to the US from Germany, and his father Isaac was a concert pianist and music teacher, and composed an opera in Hebrew. His maternal grandmother traced her ancestry back to the Mayflower, and converted to Judaism. His mother was born Henrietta Frankel. Both of his parents were Jewish.
Mayer attended the Georgia Military Academy. Mayer then enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1907 in order to study engineering. During his years at Georgia Tech, Mayer pitched on the Yellow Jackets baseball team.
In 1910, after three years of school, Mayer left Georgia Tech to pursue a career in professional baseball. He was not the only one in his family to pursue a career in baseball. Sam Mayer, Erskine Mayer's older brother, appeared in 11 games for the 1915 Washington Senators.
When Mayer left Georgia Tech in 1910, he signed first with the Atlanta Crackers and then with the Class D level Fayetteville Highlanders of the Eastern Carolina League. Mayer led the league with an .882 winning percentage (15–2), and the Highlanders won the league championship.
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