Doc Ayers vs. Alan Embree — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alan Embree
Gen XOregonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Alan Embree 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 4.59 and 1.385 for Alan Embree. 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 Alan Embree

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
10.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.43
46.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
395
4.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
2322
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
774
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
8.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
3.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
8.03
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3318
38.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2933
34.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.58
38.58

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Alan Embree

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
10.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2322
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.95
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.75
96.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.135
0.135
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Alan Embree

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
882
132300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
5.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
-0
-0.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Alan Embree
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Alan Embree
Career
Per 600 PA