Doc Ayers vs. Bill Bray — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Bray
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Bray 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 3.74 and 1.449 for Bill Bray. 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 Bill Bray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
11.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.55
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
197.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
8.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.44
8.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
8.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
39.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
4.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.383
1.383
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
34.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.09
39.09

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Bray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
11.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.66
89.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.101
0.101
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Bray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
258
154800
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bill Bray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Bray
Career
Per 600 PA