Danny McDevitt vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Tom Thomas

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
6.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
36.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Tom Thomas

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.72
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.57
78.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Tom Thomas

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
10
230.77
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.3
30.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
29.81
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA