Doc Ayers vs. Greg Booker — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Greg Booker
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Booker 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 3.89 and 1.545 for Greg Booker. 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 Greg Booker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
5.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
3.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
792
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
9.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
4.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
4.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.898
0.898
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1159
39.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1012
34.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Greg Booker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
5.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
792
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.429
0.429
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Greg Booker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
4200
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
26.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
156.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.61
15.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Greg Booker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Greg Booker
Career
Per 600 PA