Dave Anderson vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Dave Anderson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave 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 5.45 and 1.670 for Dave 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 Dave Anderson and Danny McDevitt

Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.95
80.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
150.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
10.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.6
10.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
3.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.865
0.865
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
42.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
7.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
37.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.21
42.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Dave Anderson and Danny McDevitt

Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.21
98.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.619
2.619
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Anderson and Danny McDevitt

Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
193.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.02
9.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
64.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.18
-10.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Dave Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA