Doc Ayers vs. Cecil Butler — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cecil Butler
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Cecil Butler 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 3.31 and 1.217 for Cecil Butler. 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 Cecil Butler

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.41
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
37.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
35.66
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Cecil Butler

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.727
0.727
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.18
18.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Cecil Butler

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
733.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.53
-35.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cecil Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Cecil Butler
Career
Per 600 PA