Danny McDevitt vs. Ken Polivka — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Polivka
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Polivka as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Polivka posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Ken Polivka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ken Polivka

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ken Polivka

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ken Polivka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Polivka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ken Polivka

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