Jim Lindsey vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Lindsey
Lost GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Lindsey 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 4.7 and 1.585 for Jim Lindsey. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Lindsey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.3
11.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
10.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
3.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1943
40.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
5.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
36.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.57
40.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Lindsey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Lindsey and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
983.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
538.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
88.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
21.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
116.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
105.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
6
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
12
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
21.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
127.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.7
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Lindsey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
55.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lindsey
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA