Lum Davenport vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Lum Davenport
Lost GenerationArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Lum Davenport 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 7.71 and 1.954 for Lum Davenport. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lum Davenport and Danny McDevitt

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.72
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
42.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.954
1.954
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Lum Davenport and Danny McDevitt

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lum Davenport and Danny McDevitt

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
782.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
547.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.848
0.848
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
94.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.838
0.838
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
105.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
286.96
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA