Jake Boyd vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jake Boyd
Pre-GenerationalWest VirginiaThrows LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Boyd 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 7.02 and 1.970 for Jake Boyd. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Boyd and Danny McDevitt

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
7.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
143.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
13.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.41
13.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
4.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.668
0.668
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
44.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
10.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.27
10.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
39.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.85
44.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jake Boyd and Danny McDevitt

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.47
82.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Boyd and Danny McDevitt

Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
62
166.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
223
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
519.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
126.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
107.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.83
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.32
62.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
153.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
207.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
83.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
48.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
129.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.11
70.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
59.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
88.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.76
6.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA