Danny McDevitt vs. Bill Sowders — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Sowders
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Sowders as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Sowders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Bill Sowders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Sowders

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.15
49.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.96
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
3.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1553
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
517.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
542
9.42
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2254
39.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
5.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2088
36.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.19
39.19

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Sowders

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1638
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.79
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.76
91.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Sowders

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
75
182.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
578.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
107.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.26
25.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
114.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
129.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
56.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
36.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
92.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.98
24.34
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
104.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.72
5.72
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Sowders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100