Ray Lucas vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ray Lucas
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Lucas 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 5.79 and 1.607 for Ray Lucas. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Lucas and Danny McDevitt

Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
9.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
5.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.661
0.661
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
40.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
35.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.68
1.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.98
40.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ray Lucas and Danny McDevitt

Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.136
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Lucas and Danny McDevitt

Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
9
450
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.61
80.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
250
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.788
0.788
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.96
98.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ray Lucas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Lucas
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA