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Doc Ayers

Yancey Wyatt Ayers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 21, 1891 in Snake Creek, VA
High School: Woodlawn (Arlington, VA)
School: Roanoke College (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1913
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers 1913-1921

Final Game: May 21, 1921
Died: May 26, 1968 in Pulaski, VA
Buried: Grantham Cemetery, Draper, VA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1913 22 WSH AL 1 1 .500 1.53 4 2 1 1 1 1 17.2 12 7 3 0 4 17 1 0 0 69 199 0.906 6.1 0.0 2.0 8.7 4.25
1914 23 WSH AL 11 15 .423 2.54 49 32 9 8 3 3 265.1 221 106 75 5 54 148 8 1 4 991 111 1.036 7.5 0.2 1.8 5.0 2.74
1915 24 WSH AL 14 9 .609 2.21 40 16 18 8 2 3 211.1 178 66 52 1 38 96 7 0 0 807 134 1.022 7.6 0.0 1.6 4.1 2.53
1916 25 WSH AL 5 8 .385 3.78 43 17 15 7 0 2 157.0 173 89 66 4 52 69 4 1 2 662 74 1.433 9.9 0.2 3.0 4.0 1.33
1917 26 WSH AL 11 10 .524 2.17 40 15 21 12 3 1 207.2 192 67 50 3 59 78 8 0 4 816 122 1.209 8.3 0.1 2.6 3.4 1.32
1918 27 WSH AL 10 12 .455 2.83 40 24 15 11 4 3 219.2 215 91 69 2 63 67 7 0 2 914 97 1.266 8.8 0.1 2.6 2.7 1.06
1919 28 TOT AL 5 9 .357 2.75 35 10 14 3 1 1 137.1 140 61 42 2 48 44 7 1 1 566 117 1.369 9.2 0.1 3.1 2.9 0.92
1919 28 WSH AL 0 6 .000 2.89 11 5 4 0 0 1 43.2 52 27 14 0 17 12 4 0 0 185 113 1.580 10.7 0.0 3.5 2.5 0.71
1919 28 DET AL 5 3 .625 2.69 24 5 10 3 1 0 93.2 88 34 28 2 31 32 3 1 1 381 119 1.270 8.5 0.2 3.0 3.1 1.03
1920 29 DET AL 7 14 .333 3.88 46 23 16 8 3 1 208.2 217 115 90 6 62 103 8 1 1 844 96 1.337 9.4 0.3 2.7 4.4 1.66
1921 30 DET AL 0 0 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 23 52 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
9 Seasons 64 78 .451 2.84 299 140 110 58 17 15 1428.2 1357 608 451 23 382 622 50 5 14 5692 105 1.217 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.9 1.63
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .451 2.84 46 22 17 9 3 2 221 210 94 70 4 59 96 8 1 2 882 105 1.217 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.9 1.63
WSH (7 yrs) 52 61 .460 2.64 227 111 83 47 13 14 1122.1 1043 453 329 15 287 487 39 2 12 4444 107 1.185 8.4 0.1 2.3 3.9 1.70
DET (3 yrs) 12 17 .414 3.58 72 29 27 11 4 1 306.1 314 155 122 8 95 135 11 3 2 1248 100 1.335 9.2 0.2 2.8 4.0 1.42

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1913 22 WSH AL 17.2 2 7 9 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1914 23 WSH AL 265.1 32 106 124 4 1.0 18 2.0 $
1915 24 WSH AL 211.1 16 66 107 3 1.0 41 4.4 $
1916 25 WSH AL 157.0 17 89 73 0 1.0 -16 -2.1 $
1917 26 WSH AL 207.2 15 67 94 -1 1.0 27 3.3 $
1918 27 WSH AL 219.2 24 91 99 2 1.0 8 0.5 $
1919 28 WSH AL 43.2 5 31 23 -1 1.0 -8 -0.9 $
1919 28 DET AL 93.2 5 34 49 -2 1.0 15 1.7 $
1920 29 DET AL 208.2 23 115 125 -3 1.0 10 1.1 $
1921 30 DET AL 4.0 1 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
9 Seasons 1428.2 140 612 706 2 1.0 94 9.9 $
WSH (7 yrs) 1122.1 111 457 529 7 1.0 72 7.4 $
DET (3 yrs) 306.1 29 155 177 -5 1.0 22 2.5 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1913 22 WSH AL 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1914 23 WSH AL 49 88 83 6 14 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 22 .169 .198 .217 .415 23 18 0 2 1
1915 24 WSH AL 40 67 63 3 12 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 9 .190 .227 .190 .418 24 12 0 1 1
1916 25 WSH AL 43 45 43 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .140 .140 .163 .302 -9 7 0 2 1
1917 26 WSH AL 40 67 63 2 13 1 0 0 5 0 1 13 .206 .219 .222 .441 35 14 0 3 1
1918 27 WSH AL 40 74 66 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 3 10 .152 .188 .197 .385 17 13 0 5 1
1919 28 TOT AL 35 40 36 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .222 .263 .250 .513 45 9 1 2 1
1919 28 WSH AL 11 13 12 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .417 .462 .417 .878 148 5 0 0 1
1919 28 DET AL 24 27 24 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .125 .160 .167 .327 -8 4 1 2 1
1920 29 DET AL 46 63 59 2 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .153 .180 .220 .401 7 13 0 2 1
1921 30 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 299 451 420 20 72 10 2 0 23 1 4 13 72 .171 .198 .205 .403 18 86 1 17
162 Game Avg. 162 244 228 11 39 5 1 0 12 1 7 39 .171 .198 .205 .403 18 47 1 9
WSH (7 yrs) 227 361 337 17 60 5 2 0 19 1 4 11 64 .178 .204 .205 .409 22 69 0 13
DET (3 yrs) 72 90 83 3 12 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 8 .145 .174 .205 .379 3 17 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1913 22 WSH AL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1914 23 WSH AL 88 -8 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 1
1915 24 WSH AL 67 -6 -1 0 0 0 3 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1916 25 WSH AL 45 -6 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1917 26 WSH AL 67 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1918 27 WSH AL 74 -7 0 0 0 0 2 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1919 28 WSH AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1
1919 28 DET AL 27 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1920 29 DET AL 63 -8 0 0 0 0 3 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 451 -44 -1 0 0 0 20 14 -11 -1.8 -11 -1.1 -0.7 $
WSH (7 yrs) 361 -33 -1 0 0 0 16 11 -7 -1.3 -7 -0.7 -0.6 $
DET (2 yrs) 90 -11 0 0 0 0 4 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 WSH AL 22 P 4 17.2 9 0 8 1 0 .889 4.08 2.00 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 WSH AL 23 P 49 265.1 91 17 64 10 0 .890 2.75 1.65 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 WSH AL 24 P 40 211.1 60 12 42 6 3 .900 2.30 1.35 .937 3.01 3.00
1916 WSH AL 25 P 43 157.0 37 5 27 5 1 .865 1.83 0.74 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 WSH AL 26 P 40 207.2 70 13 55 2 3 .971 2.95 1.70 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 WSH AL 27 P 40 219.2 78 8 65 5 1 .936 2.99 1.83 .952 2.82 2.84
1919 TOT AL 28 P 35 10 3 137.4 52 5 41 6 5 .885 3.01 1.31 .948 2.83 2.83
1919 WSH AL 28 P 11 5 0 43.2 18 0 16 2 2 .889 3.30 1.45 .948 2.82 2.83
1919 DET AL 28 P 24 5 3 93.2 34 5 25 4 3 .882 2.88 1.25 .948 2.83 2.83
1920 DET AL 29 P 46 23 8 208.2 60 4 52 4 2 .933 2.42 1.22 .949 2.70 2.68
1921 DET AL 30 P 2 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
9 Seasons P 299 34 11 1428.2 457 64 354 39 15 .915 2.63 1.40 .944 2.91 2.90
9 Seasons TOT 299 34 11 1428.2 457 64 354 39 15 .915 2.63 1.40 .944 2.91 2.90
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1915 AL  4.4 (9th)
1917 AL  3.3 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1915 AL  2.21 (9th)
1917 AL  2.17 (9th)
Career  2.84 (114th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 AL  1.036 (5th)
1915 AL  1.022 (2nd)
Career  1.217 (178th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  7.496 (10th)
1915 AL  7.580 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  1.832 (5th)
1915 AL  1.618 (2nd)
1918 AL  2.581 (10th)
Career  2.406 (247th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  5.020 (8th)
1920 AL  4.443 (1st)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 AL  49 (2nd)
1918 AL  40 (5th)
1920 AL  46 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1914 AL  3 (5th)
1915 AL  3 (8th)
1918 AL  3 (5th)
1919 AL  1 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 AL  265.3 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 AL  148 (6th)
1920 AL  103 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1914 AL  32 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1918 AL  4 (5th)
1920 AL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  5 (3rd)
1916 AL  4 (8th)
1917 AL  3 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1918 AL  215 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1914 AL  2.741 (3rd)
1915 AL  2.526 (2nd)
1917 AL  1.322 (9th)
1920 AL  1.661 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 AL  0.043 (7th)
Career  0.145 (91st)

Losses s c a p y
1914 AL  15 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  75 (10th)
1918 AL  69 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 AL  8 (10th)
1918 AL  7 (9th)
1920 AL  8 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1915 AL  18 (3rd)
1916 AL  15 (6th)
1917 AL  21 (3rd)
1918 AL  15 (4th)
1919 AL  14 (6th)
1920 AL  16 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1915 AL  134 (8th)
1917 AL  122 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  19 (10th)
1917 AL  11 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1915 AL  2.1 (9th)
1917 AL  1.3 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1914 AL  49 (2nd)
1918 AL  40 (5th)
1920 AL  46 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1914 AL  17 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1914 AL  10 (1st)
1919 AL  6 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 47 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Jimmy Lavender (955)
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  5. Dave Davenport (945)
  6. Hugh Daily (944)
  7. Bert Gallia (941)
  8. Jack Warhop (939)
  9. Frank Corridon (938)
  10. Otto Hess (937)
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  3. Dave Davenport (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Davenport (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Slim Sallee (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Andy Coakley (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dummy Taylor (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Ragan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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