Doc Ayers
1913–1921 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
299G
.171AVG
.198OBP
.205SLG
More career statistics
72H
0HR
23RBI
1SB
64–78W–L
1,428.2IP
622K
2.85ERA
140GS
15SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 420 | 414 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 72 | 71 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 451 | 447 |
| Batting · RBI | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Walks | 13 | 15 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,694 | 5,901 |
| Pitching · p er | 453 | 452 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,357 | 1,364 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,286 | 4,269 |
| Pitching · p k | 622 | 628 |
| Pitching · p r | 610 | 608 |
| Pitching · p w | 382 | 387 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299 | 451 | 420 | 20 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 86 | .171 | .198 | .205 | .403 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,428.7 | 299 | 140 | 58 | 64 | 78 | 15 | 1,357 | 610 | 453 | 23 | 382 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 2.85 | 1.217 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1915-08-24 to 1915-09-06
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1918-05-19 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1916-06-30 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1914-08-27 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 145 | 230 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 37 | .148 | .174 | .162 |
| Away | 154 | 217 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 34 | .202 | .217 | .258 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .136 | .160 | .136 |
| May | 44 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .207 | .218 |
| June | 53 | 73 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 16 | .200 | .274 | .215 |
| July | 59 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | .151 | .163 | .219 |
| August | 61 | 110 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .219 | .227 | .257 |
| September | 55 | 91 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | .116 | .132 | .151 |
| October | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .100 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .163 | .178 | .163 |
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .161 | .180 | .179 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .203 | .215 | .254 |
| detroit-tigers | 42 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | .180 | .203 | .279 |
| st-louis-browns | 40 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .212 | .214 | .212 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 40 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | .169 | .214 | .200 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .113 | .136 | .132 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .231 | .273 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 4 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 17 | 17 |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 49 | 82 | 14 | – | 2 | 1 | .171 | 264 | 148 |
| 1915 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 60 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .200 | 210 | 97 |
| 1916 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 43 | 41 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .146 | 156 | 69 |
| 1917 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 63 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .206 | 207 | 78 |
| 1918 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 66 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .152 | 220 | 69 |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 36 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .222 | 137 | 45 |
| 1920 |  Detroit Tigers | 46 | 59 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .153 | 205 | 105 |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |