American baseball player (1891–1968)
Also known as Yancey Wyatt "Doc" Ayers
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Yancey Wyatt "Doc" Ayers was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was known for throwing the spitball and was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920. Ayers played nine seasons in the American League with the Washington Senators (1913–19) and Detroit Tigers (1919–21). He batted and threw right-handed.
10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Washington Senators | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1914 | Washington Senators | 49 | 83 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | .169 | .198 | .217 | .415 |
| 1915 | Washington Senators | 40 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 |
| 1916 | Washington Senators | 43 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .140 | .140 | .163 | .302 |
| 1917 | Washington Senators | 40 | 63 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .206 | .219 | .222 | .441 |
| 1918 | Washington Senators | 40 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .152 | .188 | .197 | .385 |
| 1919 | Washington Senators | 11 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .417 | .462 | .417 | .878 |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 24 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .160 | .167 | .327 |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 46 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .153 | .180 | .220 | .401 |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Career | 299 | 420 | 20 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 72 | .171 | .198 | .205 | .403 |
10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Washington Senators | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17.2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1.53 | .906 |
| 1914 | Washington Senators | 12 | 15 | 49 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 265.1 | 221 | 75 | 5 | 54 | 148 | 2.54 | 1.036 |
| 1915 | Washington Senators | 14 | 9 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 211.1 | 178 | 52 | 1 | 38 | 96 | 2.21 | 1.022 |
| 1916 | Washington Senators | 5 | 9 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 157.0 | 173 | 66 | 4 | 52 | 69 | 3.78 | 1.433 |
| 1917 | Washington Senators | 11 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 207.2 | 192 | 50 | 3 | 59 | 78 | 2.17 | 1.209 |
| 1918 | Washington Senators | 10 | 12 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 219.2 | 215 | 69 | 2 | 63 | 67 | 2.83 | 1.266 |
| 1919 | Washington Senators | 0 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.2 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 2.89 | 1.580 |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 93.2 | 88 | 28 | 2 | 31 | 32 | 2.69 | 1.270 |
| 1920 | Detroit Tigers | 7 | 14 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 208.2 | 217 | 90 | 6 | 62 | 103 | 3.88 | 1.337 |
| 1921 | Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.750 |
| Career | 65 | 79 | 299 | 140 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 1,428.2 | 1,357 | 451 | 23 | 382 | 622 | 2.84 | 1.217 |