Doc Ayers vs. Fred Worden — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Worden
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Worden 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 18 and 4.000 for Fred Worden. 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 Fred Worden

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.88
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.88
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.5
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.82
46.82
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.37
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.18
24.18
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.615
0.615
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
36
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
2.41
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
3.92
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.69
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
22.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.5
22.5
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.5
58.5

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Fred Worden

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Fred Worden

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
397.78
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
79.82
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
21.93
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
114.41
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.21
17.57
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Fred Worden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Fred Worden
Career
Per 600 PA