Doc Ayers vs. Jim Ray — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Ray
Silent GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ray 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 3.6 and 1.375 for Jim Ray. 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 Jim Ray

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.9
58.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
3.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
7.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.88
7.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
5.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.098
1.098
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2614
38.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.68
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2294
33.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Ray

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1854
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.02
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.49
6.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Jim Ray

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
1459.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
117
552.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
6.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
19
89.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
47.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-9.85
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
203.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.95
2.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0