Danny McDevitt vs. Gene Nelson — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gene Nelson
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Gene Nelson 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 65), strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 106 vs 74). Gene Nelson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 91 vs 79). Role difference aside, Danny McDevitt holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Gene Nelson

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
4.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.3
45.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.79
13.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
4.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3240
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1080
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
8.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.84
8.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
5.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.994
0.994
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4652
38.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.369
1.369
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4118
34.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Gene Nelson

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
4.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3240
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1080
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.73
96.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.79
13.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Gene Nelson

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
500
300000
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
18.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100