Danny McDevitt vs. Jeff Sparks — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jeff Sparks
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jeff Sparks as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jeff Sparks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.15 and WHIP 1.681 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jeff Sparks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jeff Sparks

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.181
0.181
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
9.1
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
12.16
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.16
12.16
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.341
2.341
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.67
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.63
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
41.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.78
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
31.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.24
41.24

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jeff Sparks

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.044
0.044
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jeff Sparks

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
600
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jeff Sparks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Sparks
Career
Per 600 PA