Doc Ayers vs. Bill Risley — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Risley
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Risley 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 3.98 and 1.310 for Bill Risley. 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 Bill Risley

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.57
53.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
3.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
221.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
7.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
8.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
925
37.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
4.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
32.53
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Risley

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.98
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.94
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.147
0.147
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bill Risley

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
47100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bill Risley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Risley
Career
Per 600 PA