Doc Ayers vs. Bob Wells — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Wells
Gen XWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Wells 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 5.03 and 1.427 for Bob Wells. 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 Bob Wells

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
5.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.3
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.41
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.14
45.14
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
5.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
635.2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
9.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.74
9.74
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
2.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
5.9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.31
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2777
39.32
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.57
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
5.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.48
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2496
35.34
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.32
39.32

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Wells

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
5.86
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1907
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
635.2
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.52
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.88
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.47
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Wells

Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
248400
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
420
558.76
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.61
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
57.21
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
17.29
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bob Wells
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bob Wells
Career
Per 600 PA