Mike Burns vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Mike Burns
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Burns 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 5.82 and 1.572 for Mike Burns. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Burns and Danny McDevitt

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
11.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
6.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.51
6.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.003
1.003
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
40.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
6.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.524
1.524
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
36.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.54
40.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Burns and Danny McDevitt

Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
5.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
103.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.95
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Burns and Danny McDevitt

Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
2000
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
8.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
233.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Burns
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Burns
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA