Bill Ayers vs. Ron Davis — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Davis
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Ron Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Ron Davis

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.64
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
47
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.57
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
4.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
8.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.57
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
3.62
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.68
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.6
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
7.2
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.47
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
38.78
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
4.1
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
4.35
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.68
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2826
34.06
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Ron Davis

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2240
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
746.2
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.42
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.47
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.42
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Ron Davis

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
48100
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
480
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-64.27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA