Vern Hughes vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Vern Hughes
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore TerrapinsFederal LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Vern Hughes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Vern Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.412 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Vern Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Hughes and Danny McDevitt

Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.94
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Vern Hughes and Danny McDevitt

Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Hughes and Danny McDevitt

Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA