Doc Ayers vs. Bruce Walton — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Walton
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Walton 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 8.21 and 1.794 for Bruce Walton. 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 Bruce Walton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
7.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.91
11.91
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.76
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
43.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.765
1.765
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
37.59
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.15
43.15

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Walton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
7.15
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.59
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bruce Walton

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
16200
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bruce Walton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bruce Walton
Career
Per 600 PA