Doc Ayers vs. Bob Trowbridge — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Trowbridge
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Trowbridge 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 3.95 and 1.498 for Bob Trowbridge. 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 Bob Trowbridge

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.55
21.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
330.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
8.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.48
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1443
39.31
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.06
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
4.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.453
1.453
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
34.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Trowbridge

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.68
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
991
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.85
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.8
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.569
0.569
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21.55
21.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Trowbridge

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
838.55
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
83
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
77
556.63
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.37
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.71
5.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
7
50.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.69
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.14
-22.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bob Trowbridge
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
231.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
2.59
2.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.69
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.23
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bob Trowbridge
Career
Per 600 PA