Jim Ellis vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Ellis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ellis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Ellis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.864 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jim Ellis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ellis and Danny McDevitt

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
40.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Ellis and Danny McDevitt

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ellis and Danny McDevitt

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
32.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
30.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA