Toby Lyons vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Toby Lyons
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsNorth AmericaSyracuse StarsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Toby Lyons 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 10.48 and 2.731 for Toby Lyons. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Toby Lyons and Danny McDevitt

Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.18
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
10.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.48
10.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.04
11.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
16.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.12
16.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
8.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.46
8.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.209
1.209
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
51.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
14.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.51
14.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.731
2.731
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
42.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.394
0.394
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.58
51.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Toby Lyons and Danny McDevitt

Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Toby Lyons and Danny McDevitt

Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
61.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.65
82.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Toby Lyons
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA