Danny McDevitt vs. Jim Pena — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Pena
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Pena as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Pena posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.682 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jim Pena had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Pena

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
10.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
6.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
41.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.568
1.568
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
35.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.73
41.73

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Pena

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Pena

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
5
375
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
13.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
20.68
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jim Pena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Pena
Career
Per 600 PA