Jim Hickey vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Hickey
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Hickey 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 6.75 and 2.438 for Jim Hickey. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hickey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
16.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.03
16.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.938
0.938
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
48.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
10.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.97
10.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.438
2.438
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
42.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Hickey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hickey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2700
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hickey
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA