Doc Ayers vs. Wally Ritchie — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wally Ritchie
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Wally Ritchie 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 3.14 and 1.508 for Wally Ritchie. 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 Wally Ritchie

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
7.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
3.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
533
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
177.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
8.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.46
8.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.81
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
4.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.002
1.002
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
39.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.38
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
33.89
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Wally Ritchie

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
7.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.47
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Wally Ritchie

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
9800
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
16.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
11.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Wally Ritchie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Wally Ritchie
Career
Per 600 PA