Danny McDevitt vs. Jim Whitney — Career Comparison

Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Whitney
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny McDevitt built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Whitney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Whitney posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.147 compared to 4.4 and 1.616 for Danny McDevitt. By the career numbers, Jim Whitney had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Whitney

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
1.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.53
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.35
48.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.71
38.71
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
0.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
2.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10489
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3496.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3598
9.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.24
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1571
4.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.567
0.567
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
0.55
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.07
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14666
37.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.73
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2026
5.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
35.11
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14227
36.62
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.75
37.75

Fielding Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Whitney

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
3.06
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
576
1.11
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13962
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4654
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
0.95
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
1.54
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
2.55
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1447
2.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289
2.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.92
89.92
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.08
89.08
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.238
2.238
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny McDevitt and Jim Whitney

Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
669.06
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
550
143.1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2306
600
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2144
557.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.703
0.703
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
145.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
101.21
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
29.4
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
10.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
4.68
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
44.23
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262.92
68.41
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
804
209.19
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
721
187.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
12
51.8
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
316
82.22
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
7
30.22
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
280
72.85
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
578
150.39
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284.17
73.94
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.26
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
25.9
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
41.89
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
224.46
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
54.9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.93
10.93
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
0.76
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.2
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Whitney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100