Jason Bere vs. Jim Devlin — Career Comparison

Jason Bere
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jason Bere 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 5.14 and 1.572 for Jason Bere. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Devlin

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.58
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.53
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.21
52.21
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
91.3
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
634
5.14
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
8.87
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.17
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
626
5.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
7.45
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.41
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.23
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4987
40.4
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
39.58
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
5.62
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.38
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.36
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.52
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4241
34.36
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.4
40.4
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58

Fielding Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Devlin

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.71
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.64
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3333
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.94
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
1.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.53
94.53
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.21
96.21
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Bere and Jim Devlin

Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
695.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
600
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
530.77
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
98.9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
75.82
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.78
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.08
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.03
23.18
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
125.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
112.09
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
9
29.67
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
16.48
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
14
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
5.77
19.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.3
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.89
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
60
197.8
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Jason Bere
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.19
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Jason Bere
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100