Doc Ayers vs. Cory Bailey — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cory Bailey
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Cory Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Ayers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 3.96 and 1.647 for Cory Bailey. By the career numbers, Doc Ayers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Cory Bailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.37
47.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
3.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
9.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.04
9.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
5.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
6.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.52
6.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
908
39.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
4.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.565
1.565
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
33.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.48
39.48

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Cory Bailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Cory Bailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
20640
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.57
188.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
152.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Cory Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Cory Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA