Bill Irwin vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Irwin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Irwin 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 5.82 and 1.529 for Bill Irwin. 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 Irwin and Danny McDevitt

Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
9.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
42.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
10.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.06
10.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
38.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.88
42.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Irwin and Danny McDevitt

Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Irwin and Danny McDevitt

Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
5.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Irwin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA