Doc Ayers vs. Jose Valverde — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Valverde
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Valverde 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 3.27 and 1.245 for Jose Valverde. 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 Jose Valverde

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
4.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
3.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
630.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.77
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.44
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
9.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.88
9.88
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
37.78
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
7.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2328
33.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Jose Valverde

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1891
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.84
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.06
88.06
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.094
0.094
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Jose Valverde

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
187800
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
13.3
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
15.96
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA