Bill Edgerton vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Edgerton
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Edgerton 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 4.79 and 2.081 for Bill Edgerton. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Edgerton and Danny McDevitt

Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.341
0.341
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
4.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.016
1.016
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
44.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.984
1.984
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
39.63
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.85
44.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Edgerton and Danny McDevitt

Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Edgerton and Danny McDevitt

Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
10200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
18.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Edgerton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA