Jim Devlin vs. Pedro Martinez — Career Comparison

Jim Devlin
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Pedro Martinez
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Pedro Martinez 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. Pedro Martinez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.93 and WHIP 1.065 compared to 3.38 and 1.286 for Jim Devlin. By the career numbers, Pedro Martinez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Devlin and Pedro Martinez

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.52
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.32
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.38
52.38
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.92
85.92
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.15
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.38
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
919
2.93
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.239
0.239
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170.1
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
8.51
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
7.07
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
0.76
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
3.06
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
2.42
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.76
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3154
10.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.869
0.869
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.95
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.45
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
39.58
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11394
36.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.13
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
3.2
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.24
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.47
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.286
1.286
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
35.56
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10356
32.97
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.27
36.27

Fielding Stats for Jim Devlin and Pedro Martinez

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.22
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.52
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.49
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.44
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
0.84
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.37
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.07
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.02
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
1.4
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.65
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
1.33
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.72
87.72
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.78
94.78
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.174
2.174
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.878
0.878
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Devlin and Pedro Martinez

Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
23
181.58
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
477
552.51
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
518
600
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
552.63
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
502.7
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
49.81
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
40.54
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.95
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.32
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
9.27
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.91
54.52
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
6.87
7.96
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
150
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.39
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
70.66
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
102.63
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
25.48
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
20.85
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
134.21
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
46.33
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.2
64.71
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.05
-9.32
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
17.37
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
63.16
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
190
220.08
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.5
9.5
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
2.73
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
72.97
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.79
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Devlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA