Doc Ayers vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Sutter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Sutter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 2.84 and 1.217 for Doc Ayers. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Sutter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
2.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4251
36.72
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Sutter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Sutter

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
20
20
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100