Danny Darwin vs. Dave Wright — Career Comparison

Danny Darwin
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Wright
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Darwin built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Wright as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Darwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.301 compared to 18 and 2.889 for Dave Wright. By the career numbers, Danny Darwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Darwin and Dave Wright

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
2.14
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.54
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.44
48.44
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.03
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.1
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
3.84
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
8.8
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
23
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
23
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
0.96
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
874
2.61
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.3
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1942
5.79
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.934
0.934
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.24
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12716
37.94
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.51
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1431
4.27
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.37
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.33
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.889
2.889
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11526
34.39
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
49
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Danny Darwin and Dave Wright

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
716
2.14
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
1.11
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9050
27
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3016.2
9
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.55
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.09
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.08
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
575
1.72
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
1.63
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.3
95.3
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.82
51.82
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Darwin and Dave Wright

Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
722
1297.01
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
334
600
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
547.9
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
70.06
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
43.11
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.76
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.95
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.27
18.45
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.78
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
82.63
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.95
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
39.52
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
62.87
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.06
1.9
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
77.49
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.8
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.78
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
171
307.19
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
1.95
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
35.93
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.8
Dave Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.59
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Darwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Wright
Career
Per 600 PA