Jim Lyle vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Lyle
Lost GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican 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 Lyle 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 6 and 2.000 for Jim Lyle. 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 Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
600
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA