Danny McDevitt vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Smith led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 79), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 103), and run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 106). Danny McDevitt held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 131). Role difference aside, Lee Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Lee Smith

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Lee Smith

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Lee Smith

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA