Mike Jackson vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Mike Jackson
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Jackson 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 5.8 and 1.973 for Mike Jackson. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Jackson and Danny McDevitt

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
10.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.07
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
5.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
41.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.933
1.933
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
33.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.68
41.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Mike Jackson and Danny McDevitt

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Jackson and Danny McDevitt

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
1725
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.03
-2.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
375
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
1.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA