Tony Jacobs vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Tony Jacobs
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Jacobs 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 11.25 and 2.500 for Tony Jacobs. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Jacobs and Danny McDevitt

Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.29
15.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
20.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
49.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
47.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.5
49.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Tony Jacobs and Danny McDevitt

Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Jacobs and Danny McDevitt

Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Jacobs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA