Doc Ayers vs. Brock Burke — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Brock Burke 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 3.88 and 1.290 for Brock Burke. 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 Brock Burke

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
7.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
3.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
793
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
264.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
8.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.58
8.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
2.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
8.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1109
37.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
4.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1002
34.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Brock Burke

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
7.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.12
95.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Brock Burke

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
214
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Brock Burke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Brock Burke
Career
Per 600 PA