Doc Ayers vs. Mike Walters — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Walters
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Walters 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 3.99 and 1.420 for Mike Walters. 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 Mike Walters

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
8.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
3.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
3.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
37.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.35
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
32.93
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.74
37.74

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Mike Walters

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.23
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.64
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Mike Walters

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
46
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA