Doc Ayers vs. Dave Rucker — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Rucker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Rucker 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 3.94 and 1.561 for Dave Rucker. 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 Dave Rucker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.45
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
959
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
319.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
9.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
4.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.992
0.992
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1406
39.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
4.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1222
34.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Dave Rucker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.62
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.34
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.354
0.354
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Dave Rucker

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
4457.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
26
557.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
28.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
26.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Dave Rucker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
235.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Dave Rucker
Career
Per 600 PA