Steve Avery vs. Jim Devlin — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 4.19 and 1.367 for Steve Avery. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Devlin

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.56
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.38
52.38
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1529
8.85
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Devlin

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.75
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
2.19
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
2.11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Jim Devlin

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.5
27.28
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
133.33
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
76.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.93
21.73
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.21
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100