Doc Ayers vs. Bill Freeman — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Freeman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Freeman 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 14.54 and 2.538 for Bill Freeman. 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 Bill Freeman

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
8.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
8.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.846
1.846
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5702
35.92
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.539
2.539
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.92
35.92
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Freeman

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Freeman

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Freeman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Freeman
Career
Per 600 PA