Dale Alderson vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Dale Alderson
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Alderson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny McDevitt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 6.56 and 1.794 for Dale Alderson. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Alderson and Danny McDevitt

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
13.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.12
13.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.645
0.645
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
42.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
39.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Dale Alderson and Danny McDevitt

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Alderson and Danny McDevitt

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1371.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-61.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA