Nelson King vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Nelson King
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Nelson King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nelson King posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.483 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Nelson King had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nelson King and Danny McDevitt

Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
3.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
520
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
173.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
10.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
3.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
738
38.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.402
1.402
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
35.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Nelson King and Danny McDevitt

Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
4.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
520
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
173.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.99
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.411
0.411
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nelson King and Danny McDevitt

Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
2035.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
23
492.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-55.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
192.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Nelson King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.11
3.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nelson King
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA