Bill Anderson vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Anderson 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 10.13 and 2.625 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Danny McDevitt

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
16.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.125
1.125
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
47.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.625
2.625
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
40.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.25
47.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Danny McDevitt

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

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Danny McDevitt

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA