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Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Pitching Comparison

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	64	78	.451	2.84	299	140	110	58	17	15	1428.2	1357	608	451	23	382		622	50	5	14	5694	1885	105	2.67	1.217	8.5	0.1	2.4	3.9
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	64	71	.474	3.21	203	146	28	68	9	4	1178.2	1110	559	420	16	578		408	48	2	31	4951	1791	88	3.47	1.432	8.5	0.1	4.4	3.1

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	23	12			2.357	15.4	0.0	5.8	3.9

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Value

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	140	1428.2	14.4	1.5
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	5.8	-5.0

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Against

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	140	1428.2	1885	5252	1132	139	63	100	83	54.64	24	46	165	45	.258	.312	.322	.634	89	.064	.287	539	1691	225	1789	1885
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	1791	4076	865	121	51	77	71	52.03	5	31	151	25	.272	.370	.324	.694	111	.066	.296	467	1320	187	1736	1791

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	12	19	6	1	1	2	1	66.67	0	0	0	0	.421	.522	.579	1.101		.158	.471	6	11	2	12	12

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	90	64	54.3	69	24	35	5	75.0	110	159
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	88	60	50.5	36	14	39	2	66.7	28	57

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	0			1	1	100	0		0	1

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Ratios

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	140	1428.2	10.9	6.7	4.2
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2	8.2	11.7	-3.4

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	8.7	13.0	-4.3

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	140	1428.2
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	146	1178.2

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	0	4.2	84		46	54.76

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Pitching

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bill James	4	1	.800	4.21	11	8	1	2	0	0	51.1	66	34	24	0	30	0	19	5	0	1	248	1.870	11.6	0.0	5.3	3.3
2	Doc Ayers	2	1	.667	2.45	11	4	3	1	0	1	47.2	44	23	13	1	17	0	34	1	0	0	199	1.280	8.3	0.2	3.2	6.4

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Doc Ayers	DET	1919-07-30 (2)	8-GF(8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	0.43	0	0	0.52
2	Bill James	BOS	1919-07-30 (2)	GS-7, W	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	33	16	23	7	0	1	0	1	0	10	2	1	1	1	47			0.1	1.03			1.43
3	Doc Ayers	WSH	1917-09-24 (1)	GS-7, L	7.0	9	4	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	29	12	24	8	1	0	2	4	0	10	0	2	0	1	47			-0.1	-1.20			0.70
4	Bill James	DET	1917-09-24 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	3	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	38	12	34	7	0	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	61			0.2	0.60			1.18
5	Doc Ayers	WSH	1917-08-01	9-11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	10	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.20	0	0	1.28
6	Bill James	DET	1917-08-01	GS-4	3.2	3	3	1	2	0	6	0	4	1	0	0	22	11	15	2	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	45			-0.3	-2.11			1.80
7	Doc Ayers	WSH	1916-09-25	CG, W	9.0	8	5	3	2	0	5		3	0	0	0	41	13	34	8	0	0				8		2	0	0	53
8	Bill James	DET	1916-09-25		2.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	9	2	9										0
9	Doc Ayers	WSH	1916-08-17 (1)		2.0	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	9	3	9										0
10	Bill James	DET	1916-08-17 (1)	, W	4.0	3	3	1	2	0	5		1	0	0	0	20	8	15										0
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Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batter vs. Pitcher

Doc Ayers (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Doc Ayers (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1917	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1

Doc Ayers (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Doc Ayers (Pitcher) vs. Bill James (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1917	1917-09-24 (1)	WSH	DET	down 1-0	b3	---	0		Popfly: 2B
2	1917	1917-09-24 (1)	WSH	DET	down 2-0	b5	1--	1		Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Doc Ayers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Doc Ayers (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1915	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1917	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0

Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Doc Ayers (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill James (Pitcher) vs. Doc Ayers (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1915	1915-09-25 (2)	DET	WSH	ahead 2-9	t7	1--	1		Strikeout
2	1915	1915-09-25 (2)	DET	WSH	ahead 2-9	t9	---	2		Strikeout
3	1917	1917-09-24 (1)	DET	WSH	ahead 0-1	t3	---	1		Strikeout
4	1917	1917-09-24 (1)	DET	WSH	ahead 0-2	t5	---	2		Lineout: SS
5	1917	1917-09-24 (1)	DET	WSH	ahead 0-3	t7	-2-	1		Single to LF; R. Young Scores/unER

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Comparison

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Totals

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	452	420	20	72	10	2	0	23	1	4	13	72	.171	.198	.205	.403	18	86		1	17
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	358	25	51	6	1	0	13	1	2	27	138	.142	.209	.165	.374	12	59		3	25

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Value

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	452	-1.1	-1.1	-1.1	-0.1	-43	0	0	0
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.3	-1.3	-1.2	0.0	-42	0	0	0

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Sabermetric

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	452	12	86	90	369	16	.207	43	-45	-5.1	.033	5.8	20.0	5
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	7	81	85	334	13	.232	38	-38	-4.5	.022	2.6	33.3	3

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bill James	32	1919	1919	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Win Probability

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Doc Ayers	22-30	1913	1921	299	452	-2.7	-2.9	0.3	-25.30	-2.8	-29.57	1.06
2	Bill James	24-32	1911	1919	203	415	-1.7	-2.0	0.2	-18.01	-2.1	-19.26	0.99

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Head-to-Head Batting

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bill James	11	18	14	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.286	.375	.286	.661	4		0	2		0
2	Doc Ayers	11	18	17	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.118	.118	.176	.294	3		0	1		0

Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Game Logs

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Doc Ayers vs. Bill James: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Doc Ayers	DET	1919-07-30 (2)		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Bill James	BOS	1919-07-30 (2)	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	1		0	1.71	0.004	0.01	0.00%	-0.01			P
3	Doc Ayers	WSH	1917-09-24 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	1.37	-0.091	0.00	0.00%	-0.63			P
4	Bill James	DET	1917-09-24 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0		0	0.55	0.017	0.00	0.00%	0.75			P
5	Doc Ayers	WSH	1917-08-01		3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	2.14	-0.051	0.00	0.00%	-0.19			P
6	Bill James	DET	1917-08-01	*	4	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0		0	0.57	0.023	0.33	0.01%	0.23			P
7	Doc Ayers	WSH	1916-09-25	*	10	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2		0	0										P
8	Bill James	DET	1916-09-25		1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0										P
9	Doc Ayers	WSH	1916-08-17 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Bill James	DET	1916-08-17 (1)		1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	1										P
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