Doc Ayers vs. Jake Buchanan — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jake Buchanan
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Buchanan 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 4.73 and 1.546 for Jake Buchanan. 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 Jake Buchanan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
10.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
40.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
35.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Jake Buchanan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.483
0.483
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.34
10.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Jake Buchanan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
3480
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA