Doc Ayers vs. Kris Foster — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Kris Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kris Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.700 compared to 2.84 and 1.217 for Doc Ayers. By the career numbers, Kris Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Kris Foster

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
2.84
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
35.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Kris Foster

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.571
0.571
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Kris Foster

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA