Ed Clark vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ed Clark
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Clark 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 6.75 and 1.500 for Ed Clark. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Clark and Danny McDevitt

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
42.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
38.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ed Clark and Danny McDevitt

Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Clark and Danny McDevitt

Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
24.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Clark
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA