Doc Ayers vs. Kid Nichols — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Kid Nichols 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 2.96 and 1.224 for Kid Nichols. 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 Kid Nichols

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
2.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4929
8.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
2.41
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881
3.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21082
37.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
4.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.224
1.224
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19681
34.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Kid Nichols

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15753
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5251
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.72
94.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Kid Nichols

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
172.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
451
600
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2090
553.89
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
15.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.66
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
25.97
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PAverified
343
90.9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
6.26
6.26
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.6
6.6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
6.63
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
5.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100