Doc Ayers vs. Colby Ward — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Colby Ward
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Colby Ward 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 4.25 and 1.556 for Colby Ward. 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 Colby Ward

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
8.55
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.75
5.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
39.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5270
33.2
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
32.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Colby Ward

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.75
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.75
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Colby Ward

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
22
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
600
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Colby Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Colby Ward
Career
Per 600 PA