Tom Clyde vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Tom Clyde
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Clyde 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 9 and 1.833 for Tom Clyde. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Clyde and Danny McDevitt

Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.67
7.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
10.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.833
1.833
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
40.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Tom Clyde and Danny McDevitt

Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Clyde and Danny McDevitt

Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
1200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Clyde
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA