Danny McDevitt vs. Bill Trotter — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Trotter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Trotter 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 5.4 and 1.641 for Bill Trotter. 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 Bill Trotter

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
3.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.53
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.63
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.02
19.02
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
290
5.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1450
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
619
11.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.53
11.53
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.83
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.24
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2208
41.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.51
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
6.59
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2019
37.6
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.11
41.11

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Trotter

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1368
27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Bill Trotter

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
688.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
109
460.56
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
64.75
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.62
15.61
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
5.61
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
105.63
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.68
7.24
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.81
-7.64
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.28
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
63
266.2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
8
34.53
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA