Bill Ayers vs. Matt Strahm — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Strahm
MillenialNorth DakotaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Strahm as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Strahm posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Matt Strahm had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Matt Strahm

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.22
47.22
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1552
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.1
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
7.32
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.57
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.61
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.6
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
10.13
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.415
1.415
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
37.06
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.64
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915
33.32
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Matt Strahm

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
6.87
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.59
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1552
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517.1
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.64
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.17
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.54
92.54
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Matt Strahm

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
396
6788.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
497.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
102.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.17
37.26
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
137.14
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
120
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
137.14
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.534
0.534
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.17
37.22
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
34.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
16
274.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
2.19
2.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Matt Strahm
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Strahm
Career
Per 600 PA