Jim Kaat vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Kaat
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Danny McDevitt a clear advantage over Jim Kaat across the core pitching metrics. Danny McDevitt led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 81), strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 73), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 87). Jim Kaat held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 178 vs 79). Danny McDevitt was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Kaat and Danny McDevitt

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.18
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
0.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.42
54.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1738
3.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13591
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4530.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4620
9.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
0.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1083
2.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2461
4.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19023
37.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2038
4.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17645
35.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.79
37.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Kaat and Danny McDevitt

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.18
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13587
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4529
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
1.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.73
94.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Kaat and Danny McDevitt

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1004
442.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1362
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1251
551.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
102.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
73.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
19.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
28.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.45
35.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
147.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
302
133.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
51.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
46.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
91.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.39
31.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
3.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
27.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PAverified
367
161.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
3.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
14
6.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83.33
83.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA