Doc Ayers vs. Jim Coates — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Coates 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 and 1.406 for Jim Coates. 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 Coates

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
304
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
650
8.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
3.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2947
38.81
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
4.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
34.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Coates

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2050
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.547
0.547
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.62
18.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Coates

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
247
796.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
160
516.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
21
67.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
14.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
28
90.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
3.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA