Ike Butler vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ike Butler
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Butler 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 5.34 and 1.831 for Ike Butler. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Butler and Danny McDevitt

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
42.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
7.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.831
1.831
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
38.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.16
42.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ike Butler and Danny McDevitt

Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Butler and Danny McDevitt

Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
19
193.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
538.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
6
61.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.49
15.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
122.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
3.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
40.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
132.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.54
4.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Butler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA