Danny McDevitt vs. Dick Strahs — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Strahs
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Strahs as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny McDevitt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.616 compared to 5.65 and 1.674 for Dick Strahs. By the career numbers, Danny McDevitt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dick Strahs

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.05
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
5.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.116
1.116
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
42.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.674
1.674
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
37.67
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.7
42.7

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dick Strahs

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
5.65
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.51
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dick Strahs

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2700
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
103.6
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Dick Strahs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Strahs
Career
Per 600 PA