Doc Ayers

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Full Name: Yancey Wyatt Ayers	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 9, 1913
Birthdate: May 21, 1891	Final Game: May 21, 1921
Birthplace: Snake Creek, Virginia	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 26, 1968
Deathplace: Pulaski, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 21, 1891 in Snake Creek, Virginia, Doc Ayers (Yancey Wyatt Ayers) played for the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 9 year career. Ayers broke into the bigs on September 9, 1913 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 2.54 ERA in 265.1 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Doc Ayers's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1914, when he posted a 2.54 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 148 batters. However, others believe that it was 1915, when he posted a 2.21 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 96 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1913	WAS	A	4	2	1	1	1.53	17	7	3	1	1	1	17.2	12	0	4	0	0	1
1914	WAS	A	49	32	11	15	2.54	148	106	75	8	3	3	265.1	221	5	54	0	4	8
1915	WAS	A	40	16	14	9	2.21	96	66	52	8	2	3	211.1	178	1	38	0	0	7
1916	WAS	A	43	17	5	9	3.78	69	89	66	7	0	2	157	173	4	52	0	2	4
1917	WAS	A	40	15	11	10	2.17	78	67	50	12	3	1	207.2	192	3	59	0	4	8
1918	WAS	A	40	24	10	12	2.83	67	91	69	11	4	3	219.2	215	2	63	0	2	7
1919	WAS	A	11	5	0	6	2.89	12	31	14	0	0	1	43.2	52	0	17	0	0	4
1919	DET	A	24	5	5	3	2.69	32	34	28	3	1	0	93.2	88	2	31	0	1	3
1919	TOT	A	35	10	5	9	2.75	44	65	42	3	1	1	137.1	140	2	48	0	1	7
1920	DET	A	46	23	7	14	3.88	103	115	90	8	3	1	208.2	217	6	62	0	1	8
1921	DET	A	2	1	0	0	9.00	0	6	4	0	0	0	4	9	0	2	0	0	0
Total			299	140	64	79	2.84	622	612	451	58	17	15	1428.2	1357	23	382	0	14	50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1913	WAS	A	P	4	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1914	WAS	A	P	49	0	0	17	64	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.890
1915	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	12	42	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1916	WAS	A	P	43	0	0	5	27	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.865
1917	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	13	55	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1918	WAS	A	P	40	0	0	8	65	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1919	WAS	A	P	11	0	0	0	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1919	DET	A	P	24	0	0	5	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.882
1919	TOT	A	P	35	0	0	5	41	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.885
1920	DET	A	P	46	0	0	4	52	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1921	DET	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	299	0	0	64	354	39	13	0	0	0	0	0	.915

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1913	WAS	A	4	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1914	WAS	A	49	83	6	14	0	2	.169	.198	.217	0	2	3	22	0	2	1	0	0
1915	WAS	A	40	63	3	12	0	3	.190	.227	.190	0	0	3	9	0	1	0	0	0
1916	WAS	A	43	43	2	6	0	4	.140	.140	.163	1	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
1917	WAS	A	40	63	2	13	0	5	.206	.219	.222	1	0	1	13	0	3	0	0	0
1918	WAS	A	40	66	4	10	0	4	.152	.188	.197	3	0	3	10	0	5	0	0	0
1919	WAS	A	11	12	0	5	0	1	.417	.462	.417	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1919	DET	A	24	24	1	3	0	1	.125	.160	.167	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0
1919	TOT	A	35	36	1	8	0	2	.222	.263	.250	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
1920	DET	A	46	59	2	9	0	3	.153	.180	.220	4	0	2	6	0	2	0	0	0
1921	DET	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			299	420	20	72	0	23	.171	.198	.205	10	2	13	72	1	17	1	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Eric Erickson (July 5, 1919).

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