Doc Ayers vs. Keegan Thompson — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Keegan Thompson
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Keegan Thompson 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 3.64 and 1.328 for Keegan Thompson. 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 Keegan Thompson

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.71
60.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.12
22.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
3.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
682
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
227.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
7.52
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
4.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
8.91
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.478
1.478
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
38.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.91
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
33.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.8
38.8

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Keegan Thompson

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
4.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.91
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.173
0.173
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.12
22.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Keegan Thompson

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
104
7800
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.02
-1.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.24
-17.72
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Keegan Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
22.62
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Keegan Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA