Ernie Hickman vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ernie Hickman
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ernie Hickman 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 4.52 and 1.515 for Ernie Hickman. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ernie Hickman and Danny McDevitt

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
412
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
11.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.27
11.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
4.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.757
0.757
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
41.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
599
39.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.61
41.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ernie Hickman and Danny McDevitt

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.58
74.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.095
2.095
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ernie Hickman and Danny McDevitt

Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
156.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
591.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
98.63
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.2
18.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
106.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
12.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Hickman
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA