Doc Ayers vs. Dick Rozek — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Rozek
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Rozek 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 4.55 and 1.837 for Dick Rozek. 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 Dick Rozek

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.12
12.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
4.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
7.58
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.58
7.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
3.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
43.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.837
1.837
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
35.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.12
43.12

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Rozek

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
222.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
47.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Dick Rozek

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
1414.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
7.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-10.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Dick Rozek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
342.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Dick Rozek
Career
Per 600 PA