Danny McDevitt vs. Bill Short — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Short
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Short 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 4.7 and 1.485 for Bill Short. 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 Bill Short

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.98
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.92
21.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
8.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
4.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.023
1.023
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
39.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
34.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.34
39.34

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Short

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
394
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
131.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
2.88
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.62
97.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.92
21.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Short

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
1327.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
581.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.78
14.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-3.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Bill Short
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
290.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Short
Career
Per 600 PA