Ayala hit .115 with three hits over 26 at-bats for the Mets, making it back to the Big Leagues while spending all of 1975 in the Minors.
His first taste of the Majors was in 1974 when he played in 23 games, hitting .235 with 16 hits over 68 at-bats, scoring nine while driving in eight.
He’d find himself in the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1977, appearing in one game for the Redbirds and going 1-for-3 before spending all of 1978 in the Minor Leagues.
In 1979 he was back in the Big Leagues, where he was to stay through the 1985 season, all but the last with the Baltimore Orioles as a back-up outfielder/pinch hitter.
By the time he retired after a season with the Cleveland Indians in 1985, he finished with a.251 career average, with 217 hits in 865 at-bats, with 38 homers and 145 runs batted in over 425 games