Danny McDevitt vs. Ted Olson — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ted Olson
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Olson 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 7.18 and 1.734 for Ted Olson. 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 Ted Olson

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
7.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.18
7.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
11.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.71
11.71
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
41.83
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
7.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.734
1.734
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
37.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.83
41.83

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ted Olson

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ted Olson

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.47
49.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.59
52.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ted Olson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ted Olson
Career
Per 600 PA