Doc Ayers vs. Bill Dailey — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 2.84 and 1.217 for Doc Ayers. By the career numbers, Bill Dailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Dailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
2.84
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
36.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
695
33.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Dailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.94
91.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.479
0.479
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Dailey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA