Sparky Lyle vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Sparky Lyle
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparky 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 106), strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 95). Sparky Lyle held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 79). Role difference aside, Danny McDevitt holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sparky Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.57
56.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4171
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1292
8.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
3.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
873
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5794
37.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
634
4.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
3.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
33.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Sparky Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
899
5.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4170
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1390
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
1.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sparky Lyle and Danny McDevitt

Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
899
6129.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
88
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
531.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
102.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
88.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.41
30.07
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
115.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
136.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
54.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
27.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
12
81.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
31.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
177.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
34.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparky Lyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA