Doc Ayers vs. Bruce Ellingsen — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Ellingsen
Baby BoomersIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Ellingsen 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 3.21 and 1.571 for Bruce Ellingsen. 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 Bruce Ellingsen

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
39.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
34.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.64
39.64

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Ellingsen

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.5
12.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Ellingsen

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bruce Ellingsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bruce Ellingsen
Career
Per 600 PA