Ed Mayer vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Ed Mayer
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Mayer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Mayer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.31 and WHIP 1.340 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Ed Mayer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Mayer and Danny McDevitt

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.205
0.205
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
38.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
32.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Ed Mayer and Danny McDevitt

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
6.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Mayer and Danny McDevitt

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1885.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
60.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA