Doc Ayers vs. Dick Hoover — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Hoover 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 7.71 and 2.357 for Dick Hoover. 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 Dick Hoover

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Hoover

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Hoover

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