Jim Devlin vs. Philip Humber — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Philip Humber
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Philip Humber built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Devlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Devlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 5.31 and 1.442 for Philip Humber. By the career numbers, Jim Devlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Philip Humber

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.56
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.38
52.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.03
41.03
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.58
52.58
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
5.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
8.51
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
9.65
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.06
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
3.13
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.19
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
6.6
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.6
6.6
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.32
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1630
39.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.41
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.41
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
1.421
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
673
35.56
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1470
35.66
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Philip Humber

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.35
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.24
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.38
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
1.33
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.49
96.49
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.58
52.58
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Philip Humber

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
4476.92
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
600
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
3.73
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
31.58
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-18.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Philip Humber
Career
Per 600 PA