Fred Buckingham vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Fred Buckingham
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth 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 Fred Buckingham 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 6 and 2.667 for Fred Buckingham. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Buckingham and Danny McDevitt

Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.18
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.667
2.667
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Fred Buckingham and Danny McDevitt

Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Buckingham and Danny McDevitt

Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Buckingham
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA