Danny Clay vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Danny Clay
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Clay 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 2.083 for Danny Clay. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Clay and Danny McDevitt

Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
6.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
7.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
42.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
33.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Danny Clay and Danny McDevitt

Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
6.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Clay and Danny McDevitt

Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
3400
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA