Doc Ayers vs. Lance Painter — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lance Painter
Gen XEnglandThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Painter 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 5.24 and 1.531 for Lance Painter. 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 Lance Painter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
6.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.14
58.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
5.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1350
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496
9.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
3.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
6.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.131
1.131
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1983
39.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
5.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.498
1.498
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
35.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Lance Painter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
6.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1350
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
450
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.76
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
2.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
2.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.85
96.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.392
0.392
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.92
8.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Lance Painter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
2454.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
77
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
65
506.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
77.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
54.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.66
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
18.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
109.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
93.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
46.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.6
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
38.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.43
11.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
257.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
62.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Painter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Lance Painter
Career
Per 600 PA