Doc Ayers vs. Shawn Kelley — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Shawn Kelley
MillenialKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Shawn Kelley 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 3.8 and 1.250 for Shawn Kelley. 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 Shawn Kelley

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
9.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.14
56.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1394
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
464.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
7.98
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
2.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
10.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1932
37.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
33.97
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Shawn Kelley

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
9.55
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1394
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.122
0.122
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Shawn Kelley

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
494
148200
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Shawn Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Shawn Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA