Doc Ayers vs. Louie Varland — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Louie Varland
Gen ZMinnesotaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Louie Varland 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 4.66 and 1.336 for Louie Varland. 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 Louie Varland

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.96
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.54
20.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
649
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
216.1
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.36
9.36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
2.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
38.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.42
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
34.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Louie Varland

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.66
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.96
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216.1
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.46
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.54
20.54
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Louie Varland

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
112
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Louie Varland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Louie Varland
Career
Per 600 PA