Danny McDevitt vs. Dan Smith — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dan Smith
Gen XMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Smith 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 4.66 and 1.966 for Dan Smith. 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 Dan Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.66
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.172
1.172
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
44.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.931
1.931
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
37.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.38
44.38

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dan Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dan Smith

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