Danny McDevitt vs. Ed Plank — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Plank
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Plank 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 5.23 and 2.032 for Ed Plank. 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 Ed Plank

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
13.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.06
13.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
0.581
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
40.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.97
6.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.839
1.839
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
36.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ed Plank

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
7.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ed Plank

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
600
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ed Plank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Plank
Career
Per 600 PA