Bill Kling vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kling 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 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kling and Danny McDevitt

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
4.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
3.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.839
0.839
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Bill Kling and Danny McDevitt

Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kling and Danny McDevitt

Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA