Doc Ayers vs. Chip Lang — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chip Lang
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Chip Lang 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 4.36 and 1.516 for Chip Lang. 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 Chip Lang

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
8.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.078
1.078
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
39.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.78
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
33.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.94
39.94

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Chip Lang

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.533
0.533
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Chip Lang

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
2250
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
11.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Chip Lang
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Chip Lang
Career
Per 600 PA