Doc Ayers vs. Jim Brewer — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Brewer
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Brewer 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 3.07 and 1.283 for Jim Brewer. 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 Jim Brewer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.49
51.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
3.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3122
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
7.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
3.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
7.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4299
37.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
3.47
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3863
33.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.18
37.18

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Brewer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3119
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1039.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Brewer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
586
2225.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
140
531.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
21
79.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
19
72.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.1
19.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
23
87.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
121.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
34.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.82
14.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.97
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
197.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
3.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Jim Brewer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Jim Brewer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100