Doc Ayers vs. Tom Lasorda — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Lasorda
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Lasorda 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 6.48 and 1.920 for Tom Lasorda. 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 Tom Lasorda

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
8.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
8.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
5.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.594
1.594
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
43.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
7.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.869
1.869
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
34.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.66
43.66

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Tom Lasorda

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
4.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.54
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.08
23.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Tom Lasorda

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
1157.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-47.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Tom Lasorda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Tom Lasorda
Career
Per 600 PA