Danny McDevitt vs. Bud Swartz — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Swartz
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Swartz 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 6.75 and 3.000 for Bud Swartz. 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 Bud Swartz

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.29
13.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
15.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.19
15.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
5.21
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
11.81
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bud Swartz

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bud Swartz

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3000
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA