Bill Fagan vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Fagan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Fagan 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 5.28 and 1.778 for Bill Fagan. 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 Fagan and Danny McDevitt

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.72
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.24
11.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
42.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.74
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
37.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.57
42.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Fagan and Danny McDevitt

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.85
84.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fagan and Danny McDevitt

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
24
160
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
573.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
113.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
93.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
31.49
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
140
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
31.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
146.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA