Danny McDevitt vs. Ed Smith — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaBaltimore MonumentalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.661 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Ed Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ed Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
12.48
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.48
12.48
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.47
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
42.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
8.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
40.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.97
42.97

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ed Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.87
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.73
72.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ed Smith

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
16.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
11.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA