Danny McDevitt vs. Bill Smith — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Smith
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.507 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Bill Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
38.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.449
1.449
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
36.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.92
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1200
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
34.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
26.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA