Doc Ayers vs. Bill Merritt — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Merritt
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Doc Ayers posted a stronger line than Bill Merritt. Doc Ayers posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.84 vs 3.85) and WHIP (1.217 vs 1.476). By the career numbers, Doc Ayers had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Merritt

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
9.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.903
0.903
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
38.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
33.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.69
38.69

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Merritt

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.129
2.129
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Merritt

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
32
192
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
100
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
92
552
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
108
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.23
37.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
132
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
138
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
5
30
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
102
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
37.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.65
Bill Merritt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Bill Merritt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100