Doc Ayers vs. Zeb Eaton — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Zeb Eaton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Zeb Eaton 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 4.43 and 1.667 for Zeb Eaton. 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 Zeb Eaton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
8.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
6.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
39.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
33.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Zeb Eaton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.783
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Zeb Eaton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
488.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
586.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.616
0.616
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
55.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
223.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.614
0.614
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
167.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.52
49.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Zeb Eaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
111.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
5.38
5.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Zeb Eaton
Career
Per 600 PA