Dick Cogan vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Dick Cogan
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Cogan 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 and 1.852 for Dick Cogan. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Cogan and Danny McDevitt

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
43.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
6.83
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.17
43.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Dick Cogan and Danny McDevitt

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.48
81.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Cogan and Danny McDevitt

Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.24
49.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
50.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA