Doc Ayers vs. Sherman Jones — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sherman Jones
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Sherman Jones 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 4.73 and 1.577 for Sherman Jones. 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 Sherman Jones

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.42
10.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
4.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
40.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.47
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.496
1.496
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
35.97
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.13
40.13

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Sherman Jones

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.15
96.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.521
0.521
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Sherman Jones

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
1107.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.596
0.596
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
40.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
53.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Sherman Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Sherman Jones
Career
Per 600 PA