Bill Gilbert vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Gilbert
Pre-GenerationalMarylandNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational 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 Gilbert 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 5.79 and 2.214 for Bill Gilbert. 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 Gilbert and Danny McDevitt

Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
10.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.93
10.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.214
2.214
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Gilbert and Danny McDevitt

Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Gilbert and Danny McDevitt

Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
92.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA