Doc Ayers vs. Dick Cogan — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Cogan
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Cogan 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 5 and 1.852 for Dick Cogan. 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 Dick Cogan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.778
0.778
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
43.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
6.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.17
43.17

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Cogan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.48
81.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Cogan

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.66
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.24
49.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
50.19
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
6.26
6.26
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA