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Doc Ayers
Yancey Wyatt Ayers
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
Final Game: May 21, 1921
Died: May 26, 1968 in Pulaski, VA
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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 71 194 0.906 6.1 0.0 2.0 8.7 4.25
1914 23 WSH AL 12 15 .444 2.54 49 32 10 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 17 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 9 .357 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 14 11 4 3 219.2 215 91 69 2 63 67 7 0 2 908 96 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 65 42 2 48 44 7 1 1 563 116 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 31 14 0 17 12 4 0 0 185 110 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 1 378 118 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 1 861 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 47 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
9 Seasons 65 79 .451 2.84 299 140 109 58 17 15 1428.2 1357 612 451 23 382 622 50 5 14 5702 104 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 95 70 4 59 96 8 1 2 883 104 1.217 8.5 0.1 2.4 3.9 1.63
WSH (7 yrs) 53 62 .461 2.64 227 111 82 47 13 14 1122.1 1043 457 329 15 287 487 39 2 12 4440 106 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 1262 99 1.335 9.2 0.2 2.8 4.0 1.42

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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 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 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 0 1 17 0 0
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 0 1 4 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 WSH AL 22 P 4 9 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00 .944 1.82
1914 WSH AL 23 P 49 91 17 64 10 0 .890 1.65 .940 1.74
1915 WSH AL 24 P 40 60 12 42 6 3 .900 1.35 .940 1.80
1916 WSH AL 25 P 43 37 5 27 5 1 .865 0.74 .949 1.69
1917 WSH AL 26 P 40 70 13 55 2 3 .971 1.70 .946 1.83
1918 WSH AL 27 P 40 78 8 65 5 1 .936 1.83 .953 1.85
1919 TOT AL 28 P 35 52 5 41 6 4 .885 1.31 .952 1.76
1919 WSH AL 28 P 11 18 0 16 2 2 .889 1.45 .950 1.76
1919 DET AL 28 P 24 34 5 25 4 2 .882 1.25 .953 1.76
1920 DET AL 29 P 46 60 4 52 4 1 .933 1.22 .950 1.66
1921 DET AL 30 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55
9 Seasons P 299 457 64 354 39 13 .915 1.40 .946 1.76
9 Seasons TOT 299 457 64 354 39 13 .915 1.40 .861 1.76

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1915 AL  2.215 (9th)
1917 AL  2.167 (9th)
Career  2.841 (114th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 AL  1.036 (5th)
1915 AL  1.022 (2nd)
Career  1.217 (173rd)

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 (243rd)

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 (6th)
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  .043 (7th)
Career  .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  17 (3rd)
1916 AL  15 (5th)
1917 AL  21 (3rd)
1918 AL  14 (4th)
1919 AL  14 (6th)
1920 AL  16 (4th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 47 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Charlie Smith (965)
  2. Joe Lake (955)
  3. Jimmy Lavender (954)
  4. Dave Davenport (947)
  5. Fred Beebe (946)
  6. Hugh Daily (946)
  7. Bert Gallia (942)
  8. Frank Corridon (939)
  9. Johnny Lush (939)
  10. Otto Hess (939)
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  1. Hooks Dauss (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Hardin (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Davenport (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Davenport (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Slim Sallee (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Art Fromme (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cy Falkenberg (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cy Falkenberg (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 5, 1919: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Eric Erickson.

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