Ken Ash vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ken Ash
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ash 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 4.96 and 1.469 for Ken Ash. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ash and Danny McDevitt

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.96
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
9.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
38.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
34.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ken Ash and Danny McDevitt

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ash and Danny McDevitt

Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
725
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
575
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
5
62.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
12.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
87.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
50
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-1.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA