Phil Knell vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Phil Knell
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Knell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Phil Knell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.503 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Phil Knell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Knell and Danny McDevitt

Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.75
46.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.9
84.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4357
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1452.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1478
9.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
4.37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
575
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.881
0.881
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6612
40.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1019
6.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.503
1.503
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5771
35.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Phil Knell and Danny McDevitt

Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
1.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4503
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1501
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
1.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
2.94
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.142
2.142
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Knell and Danny McDevitt

Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
176.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
685
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
657
575.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
107.74
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
86.72
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
21.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.2
33.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
141.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
130.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
69.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
55.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
122.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.97
32.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
20.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
100.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.96
5.96
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Knell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA