Danny McDevitt vs. Ray Soff — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Soff
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Soff as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Soff posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.19 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Ray Soff had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ray Soff

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.84
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
9.22
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
5.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.913
0.913
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
38.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
34.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ray Soff

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
7.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.381
0.381
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Ray Soff

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
6300
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-45.12
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Ray Soff
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Soff
Career
Per 600 PA