Ed Baecht vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ed Baecht
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Baecht 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 5.56 and 1.734 for Ed Baecht. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Baecht and Danny McDevitt

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
5.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
11.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
4.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
3.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
42.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
37.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.81
1.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.38
42.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ed Baecht and Danny McDevitt

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.891
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Baecht and Danny McDevitt

Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
853.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
560
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
18.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
6
80
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
17.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ed Baecht
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Baecht
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA