Bill Ayers vs. Dan Jennings — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Dan Jennings

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.44
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Dan Jennings

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1046
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348.2
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Dan Jennings

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
480
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
42.58
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
180
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.77
45.94
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
180
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA