Doc Ayers vs. Billy Wagner — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Billy Wagner
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Wagner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Billy Wagner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.31 and WHIP 1.027 compared to 2.84 and 1.217 for Doc Ayers. By the career numbers, Billy Wagner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Billy Wagner

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
8.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.47
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.02
54.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
4.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
2.84
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.187
0.187
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2709
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
903
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
2.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1196
11.92
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.92
11.92
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5702
35.92
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3600
35.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
7.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
3.86
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.61
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.51
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3220
32.09
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.92
35.92
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.88
35.88

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Billy Wagner

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
8.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2709
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
903
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.24
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.19
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.97
95.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Billy Wagner

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
854
24400
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
8.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.45
-12.78
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Billy Wagner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
342.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Billy Wagner
Career
Per 600 PA