Doc Ayers vs. Bill McCaffrey — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill McCaffrey
Pre-GenerationalMarylandNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill McCaffrey 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 and 1.667 for Bill McCaffrey. 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 Bill McCaffrey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.21
7.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.41
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill McCaffrey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill McCaffrey

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill McCaffrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill McCaffrey
Career
Per 600 PA