Danny McDevitt vs. Dick Wantz — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Wantz
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Wantz 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 18 and 3.000 for Dick Wantz. 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 Wantz

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
4.4
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.52
14.52
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
-1
-1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
5.98
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075
40.95
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
5.25
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.95
40.95
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dick Wantz

Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.57
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Dick Wantz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Wantz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Dick Wantz

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