Danny McDevitt vs. Bob Murphy — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Murphy 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 5.68 and 1.754 for Bob Murphy. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bob Murphy

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
11.37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
42.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
8.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.84
8.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.754
1.754
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
37.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.79
42.79

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bob Murphy

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.35
95.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bob Murphy

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
561.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.83
36.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
142.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.388
0.388
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
38.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
28.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
31.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.32
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
38.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
15.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA