Rick Kester vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Rick Kester
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Kester 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 5.98 and 1.746 for Rick Kester. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Kester and Danny McDevitt

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.84
10.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
6.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
41.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.746
1.746
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
36.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Rick Kester and Danny McDevitt

Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
4.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Kester and Danny McDevitt

Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
1400
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-60.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Rick Kester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Kester
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA