Vern Curtis vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Vern Curtis
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Vern Curtis 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 5.7 and 1.633 for Vern Curtis. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Curtis and Danny McDevitt

Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.967
0.967
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
41.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.633
1.633
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
35.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Vern Curtis and Danny McDevitt

Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.563
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Curtis and Danny McDevitt

Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
2400
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Curtis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA