Doc Ayers vs. Alan Mills — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alan Mills
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Alan Mills 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 4.12 and 1.601 for Alan Mills. 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 Alan Mills

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
6.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.55
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.93
54.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
291
4.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1908
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
8.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
5.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
6.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2819
39.89
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
4.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2351
33.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Alan Mills

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
6.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1908
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
1.74
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.48
92.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Alan Mills

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
47400
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-21.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Alan Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Alan Mills
Career
Per 600 PA