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Doc Ayers
Yancey Wyatt Ayers

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Roanoke College

Debut September 9, 1913
Final Game May 21, 1921
Born May 21, 1891 in Snake Creek, VA
Died May 26, 1968 in Pulaski, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1913 22 WSH AL   1   1   4   2   1   1   1  1   17.7   12    7    3   0    4   17   1   0    71       0  1.53  2.96  194 0.906
 1914 23 WSH AL  12  15  49  32   8   3  10  3  265.3  221  106   75   5   54  148   8   4   991       1  2.54  2.82  111 1.036
 1915 24 WSH AL  14   9  40  16   8   2  17  3  211.3  178   66   52   1   38   96   7   0   807       0  2.21  2.96  134 1.022
 1916 25 WSH AL   5   9  43  17   7   0  15  2  157.0  173   89   66   4   52   69   4   2   662       1  3.78  2.80   74 1.433
 1917 26 WSH AL  11  10  40  15  12   3  21  1  207.7  192   67   50   3   59   78   8   4   816       0  2.17  2.63  122 1.209
 1918 27 WSH AL  10  12  40  24  11   4  14  3  219.7  215   91   69   2   63   67   7   2   908       0  2.83  2.71   96 1.266
 1919 28 TOT AL   5   9  35  10   3   1  14  1  137.3  140   65   42   2   48   44   7   1   563       1  2.75  3.19  116 1.369
         WSH AL   0   6  11   5   0   0   4  1   43.7   52   31   14   0   17   12   4   0   185       0  2.89  3.19  110 1.580
         DET AL   5   3  24   5   3   1  10  0   93.7   88   34   28   2   31   32   3   1   378       1  2.69  3.19  118 1.270
 1920 29 DET AL   7  14  46  23   8   3  16  1  208.7  217  115   90   6   62  103   8   1   861       1  3.88  3.71   96 1.337
 1921 30 DET AL   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  0    4.0    9    6    4   0    2    0   0   0    23       1  9.00  4.28   48 2.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .451  65  79 299 140  58  17 109 15 1428.7 1357  612  451  23  382  622  50  14  5702       5  2.84  2.97  104 1.217
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  46  21   8   2  16  2  221.0  210   94   69   3   59   96   7   2   883   0   0  2.84  2.97  104 1.217
 Career High     14  15  49  32  12   4  21  3  265.3  221  115   90   6   63  148   8   4   991   0   1  2.17  3.71  134 1.022

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 22 WSH AL   4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1914 23 WSH AL  49   83    6   14   0  2   0    2   1  1   3  22  .169  .198  .217   23   18   2           0    
 1915 24 WSH AL  40   63    3   12   0  0   0    3   0  3   3   9  .190  .227  .190   24   12   1           0    
 1916 25 WSH AL  43   43    2    6   1  0   0    4   0      0   8  .140  .140  .163   -9    7   2           0    
 1917 26 WSH AL  40   63    2   13   1  0   0    5   0      1  13  .206  .219  .222   35   14   3           0    
 1918 27 WSH AL  40   66    4   10   3  0   0    4   0      3  10  .152  .188  .197   17   13   5           0    
 1919 28 TOT AL  35   36    1    8   1  0   0    2   0      1   3  .222  .263  .250   45    9   2           1    
         WSH AL  11   12    0    5   0  0   0    1   0      1   1  .417  .462  .417  148    5   0           0    
         DET AL  24   24    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      0   2  .125  .160  .167   -8    4   2           1    
 1920 29 DET AL  46   59    2    9   4  0   0    3   0  0   2   6  .153  .180  .220    7   13   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      299  420   20   72  10  2   0   23   1  4  13  72  .171  .198  .205   18   86  17   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        228   11   39   5  1   0   12   1  2   7  39  .171  .198  .205   18   47   9   0   0   1   0
 Career High     49   83    6   14   4  2   0    5   1  3   3  22                          18   5   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 22 WSH AL    7    7    0   0.0    89| .000  .267| .000  .339| .000  .350| .000  .689|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1914 23 WSH AL   88   72    3   1.1    85| .169  .261| .198  .335| .217  .342| .415  .677|  23  .123  -8.6  -1.0  50%
 1915 24 WSH AL   67   55    2   1.0    85| .190  .257| .227  .336| .190  .338| .417  .674|  24  .092  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1916 25 WSH AL   45   39    1   0.7    82| .140  .255| .140  .329| .163  .334| .303  .663|  -9  .050  -5.9  -0.7     
 1917 26 WSH AL   67   53    3   1.5    79| .206  .254| .219  .324| .222  .328| .441  .653|  35  .189  -5.2  -0.6     
 1918 27 WSH AL   74   61    2   0.9    81| .152  .259| .188  .330| .197  .331| .385  .661|  17  .075  -6.8  -0.8     
 1919 28 TOT AL   40   30    3   2.7    94| .222  .274| .263  .340| .250  .369| .513  .708|  45  .319  -2.6  -0.3     
         WSH AL   13    7    2   7.7    94| .417  .275| .462  .341| .417  .370| .879  .710| 148  .762   0.8   0.1     
         DET AL   27   23    1   1.2    93| .125  .274| .160  .340| .167  .368| .327  .708|  -8  .093  -3.5  -0.4     
 1920 29 DET AL   63   52    2   1.0   105| .153  .289| .180  .353| .220  .397| .400  .750|   7  .061  -8.0  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       451  369   16   1.2    87| .171  .264| .198  .335| .205  .347| .403  .682|  18  .112 -45.0  -5.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 22 WSH AL P 4 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 2.00 1.82 4.07 3.00 2 17.7 1914 23 WSH AL P 49 17 64 10 0 .890 .936 1.65 1.74 2.75 2.96 32 265.3 1915 24 WSH AL P 40 12 42 6 3 .900 .938 1.35 1.80 2.30 3.01 16 211.3 1916 25 WSH AL P 43 5 27 5 1 .865 .944 0.74 1.69 1.83 2.95 17 157.0 1917 26 WSH AL P 40 13 55 2 3 .971 .947 1.70 1.83 2.95 3.04 15 207.7 1918 27 WSH AL P 40 8 65 5 1 .936 .952 1.82 1.85 2.99 2.82 24 219.7 1919 28 TOT AL P 35 5 41 6 4 .885 .948 1.31 1.76 3.01 2.83 10 137.4 WSH AL P 11 0 16 2 2 .889 .947 1.45 1.76 3.30 2.82 5 43.7 DET AL P 24 5 25 4 2 .882 .949 1.25 1.76 2.88 2.83 5 93.7 1920 29 DET AL P 46 4 52 4 1 .933 .949 1.22 1.66 2.41 2.70 23 208.7 1921 30 DET AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 2.70 1 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 22 WSH AL P 4 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 2.00 1.82 4.07 3.00 2 17.7 1914 23 WSH AL P 49 17 64 10 0 .890 .936 1.65 1.74 2.75 2.96 32 265.3 1915 24 WSH AL P 40 12 42 6 3 .900 .938 1.35 1.80 2.30 3.01 16 211.3 1916 25 WSH AL P 43 5 27 5 1 .865 .944 0.74 1.69 1.83 2.95 17 157.0 1917 26 WSH AL P 40 13 55 2 3 .971 .947 1.70 1.83 2.95 3.04 15 207.7 1918 27 WSH AL P 40 8 65 5 1 .936 .952 1.82 1.85 2.99 2.82 24 219.7 1919 28 TOT AL P 35 5 41 6 4 .885 .948 1.31 1.76 3.01 2.83 10 137.4 WSH AL P 11 0 16 2 2 .889 .947 1.45 1.76 3.30 2.82 5 43.7 DET AL P 24 5 25 4 2 .882 .949 1.25 1.76 2.88 2.83 5 93.7 1920 29 DET AL P 46 4 52 4 1 .933 .949 1.22 1.66 2.41 2.70 23 208.7 1921 30 DET AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 2.70 1 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 299 64 354 39 13 .915 .945 1.40 1.76 2.63 2.91 140 1428.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 299 64 354 39 13 .915 .945 1.40 1.76 2.63 2.91 140 1429
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1915 AL-2.21-9
1917 AL-2.17-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1914 AL-1.036-5
1915 AL-1.022-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 AL-7.50-10
1915 AL-7.58-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1914 AL-1.83-5
1915 AL-1.62-2
1918 AL-2.58-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1914 AL-5.02-8
1920 AL-4.44-1

Games
1914 AL-49-2
1918 AL-40-5
1920 AL-46-2

Saves
1914 AL-3-6
1915 AL-3-8
1918 AL-3-5
1919 AL-1-10

Innings
1914 AL-265.3-10

Strikeouts
1914 AL-148-6
1920 AL-103-6

Games Started
1914 AL-32-9

Shutouts
1918 AL-4-5
1920 AL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1914 AL-5-3
1916 AL-4-8
1917 AL-3-9

Hits Allowed
1918 AL-215-10

SO to Walk
1914 AL-2.74-3
1915 AL-2.53-2
1917 AL-1.32-9
1920 AL-1.66-3

Losses
1914 AL-15-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1914 AL-75-10
1918 AL-69-9

Hit Batsmen
1914 AL-8-10
1918 AL-7-9
1920 AL-8-7

Games Finished
1915 AL-17-3
1916 AL-15-5
1917 AL-21-3
1918 AL-14-4
1919 AL-14-6
1920 AL-16-4

Adjusted ERA+
1915 AL-134-8
1917 AL-122-9

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 47 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1334) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

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


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