Clark Griffith vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Clark Griffith
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Clark Griffith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clark Griffith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Clark Griffith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clark Griffith and Danny McDevitt

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
0.99
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.88
61.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.12
82.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
0.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10157
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3385.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3670
9.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.76
9.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
955
2.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.511
0.511
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14335
38.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1852
4.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13390
35.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.11
38.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Clark Griffith and Danny McDevitt

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10527
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3509
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1158
2.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1080
2.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.26
93.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.259
2.259
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clark Griffith and Danny McDevitt

Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
485
184.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1580
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1380
524.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.666
0.666
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
121.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
93.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
18.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
6.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
28.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155.23
58.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
162.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
494
187.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
76.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
136.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169.65
64.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
2.66
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
63.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
47.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
12.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
1.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
10.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Clark Griffith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
8.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
8.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clark Griffith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95.65
95.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA