Doc Ayers vs. Silver King — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Silver King
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Silver King 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 3.18 and 1.278 for Silver King. 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 Silver King

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.18
57.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.2
93.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1124
3.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9542
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3180.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3098
8.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.77
8.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
967
2.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1222
3.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13671
38.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1803
5.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
1.278
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12558
35.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Silver King

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10008
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3336
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
1.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
2.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.2
92.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.896
1.896
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Silver King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Silver King

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
419
170.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
451
600
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1477
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1305
530.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
259
105.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
81.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.66
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
23.97
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120.37
48.9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
141.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
173.87
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
73.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
54.84
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
313
127.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126.35
51.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
67.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
279
113.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
5.29
5.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Silver King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.65
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Silver King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100