Danny McDevitt

Daniel Eugene McDevitt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 18, 1932 in New York, NY
High School: Hallstead HS (Hallstead, PA)
School: Saint Bonaventure University (St. Bonaventure, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1957
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/Twins/Yankees 1957-1962

Final Game: September 19, 1962
Died: November 20, 2010 in Covington, GA
Buried: Lawnwood Memorial Park, Covington, GA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1951	18	NYY-min	D,C	12	16	16		4	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500		4							LGA,AMS · GAAL,CAML
1952	19	LAD-min	C	28	68	68		11	1	1	0						.162	.162	.206	.368		14							GWD · CSTL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	22	LAD-min	A,AA	43	60	58	1	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.138	.138	.207	.345		12		0	2	0			ELM,FTW · EL,TL
1956	23	LAD-min	B,A	34	52	52		8	1	0	0						.154	.154	.173	.327		9							CDR,MAC · IIIL,SALL
1957	24	LAD-min	AAA	15	36	34	2	10	0	1	0	1	0		1	9	.294	.314	.353	.667		12		0	1	0	0		STP,MTL · AA,IL
1957	24	BRO	NL	22	47	39	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	15	.154	.233	.154	.386	3	6	0	0	4	0	0	1
1958	25	LAD-min	AAA	19	43	38	4	9	3	1	0	4	0		0	11	.237	.231	.368	.599		14		0	4	1	0		STP · AA
1958	25	LAD	NL	13	15	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.200	.333	-14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	26	LAD	NL	39	49	46	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.109	.128	.130	.258	-33	6	0	1	2	0	0	1
1960	27	LAD	NL	24	13	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.273	.200	.473	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1961	28	TOT	AL	24	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	28	NYY	AL	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	28	MIN	AL	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	29	ANA/PHI-min	AAA	10	12	11	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.364	.364	.455	.818		5		0	1	0	0		DFW · AA
1962	29	KCA	AL	33	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.200	.222	.422	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	30	OAK-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0							POR · PCL
6 Yrs				155	139	123	12	17	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	52	.138	.183	.154	.338	-11	19	0	1	8	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	145	129	13	18	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	54	.138	.183	.154	.338	-11	20	0	1	8	1	0

LAD (4 yrs)				98	124	110	11	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	5	44	.136	.181	.155	.336	-11	17	0	1	8	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				33	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.200	.222	.422	12	2	0	0	0	1	0
NYY (1 yr)				8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				57	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.154	.200	.154	.354	-4	2	0	0	0	1	0
NL (4 yrs)				98	124	110	11	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	5	44	.136	.181	.155	.336	-11	17	0	1	8	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	24	BRO	NL	22	47	-6	0	0	0	5	-0	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1958	25	LAD	NL	13	15	-2	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1959	26	LAD	NL	39	49	-9	-0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.490	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$8,000	1
1960	27	LAD	NL	24	13	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$13,500	1
1961	28	NYY	AL	8	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1961	28	MIN	AL	16	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	29	KCA	AL	33	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
6 Seasons				155	139	-20	-0	0	0	15	-5	-0.5	5	-0	-0.6	.497	.500	-0.6	-0.0	-0	$21,500

LAD (4 yrs)				98	124	-18	-0	0	0	14	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.5	.495	.499	-0.5	0.0	-0	$21,500
MIN (1 yr)				16	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
KCA (1 yr)				33	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				8	2	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1957	24	BRO	NL	47	37	2	1.5	110	.250	.154	.279	.233	.344	.154	.432	.386	.775	3	.109	-5.7	-0.6	.303	.103	.000
1958	25	LAD	NL	15	13	0	0.0	110	.222	.133	.275	.133	.343	.200	.429	.333	.772	-14	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.231	.067	.067
1959	26	LAD	NL	49	43	1	0.6	111	.172	.109	.278	.128	.345	.130	.431	.258	.776	-33	.025	-9.1	-0.9	.171	.022	.022
1960	27	LAD	NL	13	10	1	2.7	104	.500	.200	.270	.273	.337	.200	.414	.473	.751	29	.292	-1.0	-0.1	.375	.100	.000
1961	28	TOT	AL	5	4	0	0.0	105		.000	.267	.200	.340	.000	.415	.200	.755	-41	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1961	28	NYY	AL	2	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.258	.500	.332	.000	.401	.500	.733	51	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1961	28	MIN	AL	3	3	0	0.0	108		.000	.270	.000	.346	.000	.420	.000	.765	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	29	KCA	AL	10	8	1	3.4	106	.333	.222	.268	.200	.341	.222	.417	.422	.758	12	.364	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
6 Yrs				139	115	5	1.2	109	.236	.138	.276	.183	.343	.154	.428	.338	.771	-11	.076	-20.2	-2.0	.245	.065	.016
162 Game Avg.				145	120	5	1.2	109	.236	.138	.276	.183	.343	.154	.428	.338	.771	-11	.076	-20.2	-2.0	.245	.065	.016

LAD (4 yrs)				124	103	4	1.0	110	.227	.136	.277	.181	.344	.155	.429	.336	.773	-11	.062	-18.3	-1.8	.242	.064	.018
MIN (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	108		.000	.270	.000	.346	.000	.420	.000	.765	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				10	8	1	3.4	106	.333	.222	.268	.200	.341	.222	.417	.422	.758	12	.364	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.258	.500	.332	.000	.401	.500	.733	51	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				15	12	1	2.2	106	.333	.154	.267	.200	.340	.154	.416	.354	.757	-4	.211	-1.9	-0.2	.273	.077	.000
NL (4 yrs)				124	103	4	1.0	110	.227	.136	.277	.181	.344	.155	.429	.336	.773	-11	.062	-18.3	-1.8	.242	.064	.018

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	24	BRO	NL	47	0.0%	31.9%	8.5%	0.0%	0%	3.75	2.6		39.0	1.44	51%
1958	25	LAD	NL	15	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	6.7%	50%		2.5		7.5	1.33	60%
1959	26	LAD	NL	49	0.0%	34.7%	0.0%	2.0%	20%		2.7		15.3	1.42	59%
1960	27	LAD	NL	13	0.0%	46.2%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	6.00	1.7			3.00	31%
1961	28	TOT	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	20.0%	0.0%		4.00	1.0				0%
1961	28	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%
1961	28	MIN	AL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	29	KCA	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		9.0	0.00	60%
6 Yrs				139	0.0%	37.4%	4.3%	1.4%	12%	8.67	2.4		17.6	1.28	52%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.53	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1957	24	BRO	NL	-5.7	-0.6	47	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.91	-0.6	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.96	-6.4
1958	25	LAD	NL	-2.5	-0.2	15	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.74	-0.2	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	0.99	-2.5
1959	26	LAD	NL	-9.1	-0.9	50	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.80	-0.7	0.2	-5.8	-0.6	0.92	-7.0
1960	27	LAD	NL	-1.0	-0.1	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.30	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.82	-1.3
1961	28	TOT	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.23	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.14	-1.0
1961	28	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.53	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	2.04	-0.1
1961	28	MIN	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.54	-0.8
1962	29	KCA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.88	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.96	-1.5
6 Yrs				-20.2	-2.0	140	-1.5	0.9	-2.4	.90	-1.8	0.1	-17.8	-1.7	0.94	-19.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	24	BRO	NL	0	40%	7	0	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
1958	25	LAD	NL	0	50%	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1959	26	LAD	NL	0	67%	14	0	1	20%	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
1960	27	LAD	NL	1	67%	4	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	28	TOT	AL	0	100%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1961	28	NYY	AL	0	100%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1961	28	MIN	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	29	KCA	AL	0	0%	2	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	50%	30	1	1	31%	7	5	2	2	2	4	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	24	BRO	NL	47	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	11	0	0%	10	1	10%	31	1	3%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1958	25	LAD	NL	15	80%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	2	20%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1959	26	LAD	NL	49	86%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%	7	0	0%	8	1	13%	27	3	11%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1960	27	LAD	NL	13	54%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	28	TOT	AL	5	80%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	28	NYY	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	28	MIN	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	29	KCA	AL	10	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				139	88%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	8	50%	26	0	0%	25	5	20%	83	7	8%	8	4	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1957	24	22	47	39	4	6	0	1	4	15	.154	.233	.154	.386	3	6	0	4	0
1958	25	35	62	54	5	8	1	3	4	21	.148	.207	.167	.374	-1	9	0	4	0
1959	26	74	111	100	9	13	2	6	4	38	.130	.171	.150	.321	-15	15	1	6	0
1960	27	98	124	110	11	15	2	6	5	44	.136	.181	.155	.336	-11	17	1	8	0
1961	28	122	129	114	12	15	2	6	6	48	.132	.182	.149	.331	-12	17	1	8	0
1962	29	155	139	123	12	17	2	7	6	52	.138	.183	.154	.338	-11	19	1	8	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	24	23	46	39	3	5	0	1	3	16	.128	.190	.128	.319	1	22
1958	25	14	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
1959	26	41	53	50	6	7	1	5	0	18	.140	.157	.160	.317	1	39
1960	27	25	15	11	4	3	0	0	2	6	.273	.385	.273	.657	1	24
1961	28	24	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	24
1962	29	33	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33
6 Yrs		160	145	129	14	15	1	6	6	54	.116	.161	.124	.285	3	155
162 Game Avg.		162	147	131	14	15	1	6	6	55	.116	.161	.124	.285	3	155

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