Jim Conway vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Conway
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Conway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Conway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.308 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jim Conway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Conway and Danny McDevitt

Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
3.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
452.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1960
38.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
6.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
36.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.97
38.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Conway and Danny McDevitt

Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1377
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
459
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
2.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
2.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.8
84.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.738
1.738
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Conway and Danny McDevitt

Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
57
164.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
582.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
106.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
95.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.96
25.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
124.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
83.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.55
24.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Conway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA