Doc Ayers vs. Brad Lidge — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brad Lidge
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Lidge 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 3.54 and 1.359 for Brad Lidge. 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 Brad Lidge

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
3.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
7.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
4.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
11.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2589
38.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
5.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.291
1.291
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
2225
33.19
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Brad Lidge

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1810
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
603.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.42
93.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.118
0.118
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Brad Lidge

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
603
51685.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
68.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Brad Lidge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Brad Lidge
Career
Per 600 PA