Doc Ayers vs. Dave Gray — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Gray
Silent GenerationUtahThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Gray 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 9 and 2.923 for Dave Gray. 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 Dave Gray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.64
12.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
12.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.85
13.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
11.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.77
11.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.846
2.846
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
53.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.85
13.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.923
2.923
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
39.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.405
0.405
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.31
53.31

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Dave Gray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.11
11.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Dave Gray

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5400
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Dave Gray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Dave Gray
Career
Per 600 PA