Doc Ayers vs. Buck Farmer — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buck Farmer
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Buck Farmer 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 4.71 and 1.427 for Buck Farmer. 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 Buck Farmer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
8.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
4.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
8.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2245
39.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
34.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Buck Farmer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
7.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.67
93.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Buck Farmer

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
417
62550
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Buck Farmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Buck Farmer
Career
Per 600 PA