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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 24 BRO NL 7 4 .636 3.25 22 17 2 5 2 0 119.0 105 55 43 5 72 1 90 6 1 7 526 127 1.487 7.9 0.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
1958 25 LAD NL 2 6 .250 7.45 13 10 3 2 0 0 48.1 71 43 40 6 31 1 26 0 0 7 238 56 2.110 13.2 1.1 5.8 4.8 0.84
1959 26 LAD NL 10 8 .556 3.97 39 22 8 6 2 4 145.0 149 83 64 16 51 5 106 14 0 3 645 107 1.379 9.2 1.0 3.2 6.6 2.08
1960 27 LAD NL 0 4 .000 4.25 24 7 7 0 0 0 53.0 51 26 25 7 42 3 30 6 0 4 248 94 1.755 8.7 1.2 7.1 5.1 0.71
1961 28 TOT AL 2 2 .500 4.08 24 3 7 0 0 1 39.2 38 22 18 3 27 0 23 5 1 2 183 101 1.639 8.6 0.7 6.1 5.2 0.85
1961 28 NYY AL 1 2 .333 7.62 8 2 2 0 0 1 13.0 18 11 11 2 8 0 8 1 1 1 61 50 2.000 12.5 1.4 5.5 5.5 1.00
1961 28 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2.36 16 1 5 0 0 0 26.2 20 11 7 1 19 0 15 4 0 1 122 181 1.463 6.8 0.3 6.4 5.1 0.79
1962 29 KCA AL 0 3 .000 5.82 33 1 10 0 0 2 51.0 47 37 33 5 41 2 28 1 0 11 235 73 1.725 8.3 0.9 7.2 4.9 0.68
6 Yrs 21 27 .438 4.40 155 60 37 13 4 7 456.0 461 266 223 42 264 12 303 32 2 34 2075 95 1.590 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.0 1.15
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .438 4.40 49 19 12 4 1 2 144 146 84 71 13 83 4 96 10 1 11 656 95 1.590 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.0 1.15
LAD (4 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.24 98 56 20 13 4 4 365.1 376 207 172 34 196 10 252 26 1 21 1657 98 1.566 9.3 0.8 4.8 6.2 1.29
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 2.36 16 1 5 0 0 0 26.2 20 11 7 1 19 0 15 4 0 1 122 181 1.463 6.8 0.3 6.4 5.1 0.79
KCA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.82 33 1 10 0 0 2 51.0 47 37 33 5 41 2 28 1 0 11 235 73 1.725 8.3 0.9 7.2 4.9 0.68
NYY (1 yr) 1 2 .333 7.62 8 2 2 0 0 1 13.0 18 11 11 2 8 0 8 1 1 1 61 50 2.000 12.5 1.4 5.5 5.5 1.00
AL (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 5.06 57 4 17 0 0 3 90.2 85 59 51 8 68 2 51 6 1 13 418 83 1.688 8.4 0.8 6.8 5.1 0.75
NL (4 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.24 98 56 20 13 4 4 365.1 376 207 172 34 196 10 252 26 1 21 1657 98 1.566 9.3 0.8 4.8 6.2 1.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1957 24 BRO NL 119.0 22 17 55 4.16 4.50 0.24 0.00 102.5 4.36 4 0.4 .7 -0.0 1.4 15 .519 .503 $
1958 25 LAD NL 48.1 13 10 43 8.01 4.24 -0.19 0.00 108.1 4.78 -17 -1.6 .0 0.1 -1.1 -12 .375 .490 $
1959 26 LAD NL 145.0 39 22 83 5.15 4.52 -0.01 0.00 108.7 4.93 -5 -0.5 2.1 -0.2 0.7 12 .488 .497 $8,000
1960 27 LAD NL 53.0 24 7 26 4.42 4.29 0.23 -0.06 106.7 4.27 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.1 0.3 5 .496 .499 $13,500
1961 28 NYY AL 13.0 8 2 11 7.62 4.43 0.48 -0.06 93.5 3.64 -6 -0.5 1.9 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .431 .497 $
1961 28 MIN AL 26.2 16 1 11 3.71 4.80 -0.09 -0.19 105.9 4.98 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.5 6 .526 .503 $
1962 29 KCA AL 51.0 33 1 37 6.53 4.60 0.00 -0.16 106.3 4.71 -10 -1.0 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .470 .494 $
6 Seasons 456.0 155 60 266 5.25 4.48 0.08 -0.04 105.9 4.63 -30 -2.9 1.2 -0.7 0.4 16 .481 .497 $21,500
LAD (4 yrs) 365.1 98 56 207 5.10 4.44 0.08 -0.01 106.3 4.63 -19 -1.8 1.3 -0.2 1.3 20 .482 .497 $21,500
MIN (1 yr) 26.2 16 1 11 3.71 4.80 -0.09 -0.19 105.9 4.98 4 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.5 6 .526 .503 $
KCA (1 yr) 51.0 33 1 37 6.53 4.60 0.00 -0.16 106.3 4.71 -10 -1.0 1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -6 .470 .494 $
NYY (1 yr) 13.0 8 2 11 7.62 4.43 0.48 -0.06 93.5 3.64 -6 -0.5 1.9 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .431 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1957 24 BRO NL 22 526 441 55 105 15 1 5 1 3 72 90 .238 .351 .311 .662 .287 137 11 6 5 2 1 10
1958 25 LAD NL 13 238 200 43 71 10 4 6 2 1 31 26 .355 .438 .535 .973 .382 107 10 0 5 2 1 2
1959 26 LAD NL 39 645 567 83 149 24 4 16 0 1 51 106 .263 .335 .404 .739 .294 229 15 14 6 7 5 17
1960 27 LAD NL 24 248 196 26 51 8 1 7 0 1 42 30 .260 .406 .418 .824 .277 82 6 6 4 0 3 0
1961 28 MIN AL 16 122 94 11 20 2 1 1 2 0 19 15 .213 .368 .287 .655 .244 27 1 4 5 0 0 4
1961 28 NYY AL 8 61 51 11 18 2 2 2 0 0 8 8 .353 .443 .588 1.031 .381 30 4 1 0 1 0 0
1961 28 TOT AL 24 183 145 22 38 4 3 3 2 0 27 23 .262 .393 .393 .786 .292 57 5 5 5 1 0 4
1962 29 KCA AL 33 220 190 37 47 8 4 5 3 1 41 28 .247 .382 .411 .793 .266 78 6 1 4 1 2 5
6 Yrs 155 2060 1739 266 461 69 17 42 8 7 264 303 .265 .370 .397 .766 .298 690 53 32 29 13 12 38
162 Game Avg. 49 652 550 84 146 22 5 13 3 2 83 96 .265 .370 .397 .766 .298 218 17 10 9 4 4 12
MLB Averages .257 .325 .393 .718 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1957 24 BRO NL 8.4 0.9 549 1.2 11.2 -10.0 1.21 0.5 0.5 3.9 0.4 1.21 4.8 0 3 2
1958 25 LAD NL -16.3 -1.5 249 -1.2 3.2 -4.4 .84 -1.4 0.0 -17.6 -1.6 0.84 -18.2 0 0 3
1959 26 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 650 1.7 13.3 -11.6 1.12 -0.3 1.8 -6.8 -0.7 1.12 -4.9 10 3 4
1960 27 LAD NL -0.6 -0.1 254 -1.1 4.5 -5.6 1.18 -0.6 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 1.18 -7.8 3 1 12
1961 28 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 190 -0.6 2.4 -2.9 .73 -0.6 -0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.73 -6.4 4 6 11
1961 28 NYY AL -5.1 -0.5 64 0.1 1.2 -1.1 .78 -0.5 0.6 -2.7 -0.3 0.78 -5.4 3 0 3
1961 28 MIN AL 4.2 0.4 126 -0.6 1.2 -1.9 .71 -0.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.0 0.71 -1.1 1 6 8
1962 29 KCA AL -8.5 -0.8 234 -1.6 2.4 -4.0 .73 -0.7 -1.4 -11.8 -1.1 0.73 -7.3 11 3 15
6 Yrs -18.3 -1.7 2126 -1.5 37.0 -38.5 1.04 -3.2 1.7 -39.0 -3.7 1.04 -39.8 28 16 47

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1957 24 BRO NL 22 17 7 4 6 1 3 13 4 .765 1 2 5 2 12 71% 56.5 85 24 18 9 3 7 4.6 4.2 6.7
1958 25 LAD NL 13 10 2 6 2 0 0 3 7 .300 0 0 2 0 3 30% 41.7 63 16 9 4 1 7 5.5 7.7 4.2
1959 26 LAD NL 39 22 9 8 5 2 1 13 9 .591 0 3 6 2 8 36% 49.0 82 23 28 10 13 5 4.5 5.4 5.5
1960 27 LAD NL 24 7 0 2 5 0 1 2 5 .286 1 2 0 0 2 29% 44.0 56 30 21 5 1 4 3.9 4.0 3.6
1961 28 TOT AL 24 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36.0 46 23 7 2 0 3 4.3 7.9 2.4
1961 28 NYY AL 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 39 23 1 1 0 2 3.5 9.0 3.2
1961 28 MIN AL 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 46 46 6 1 0 1 6.0 4.5 1.0
1962 29 KCA AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 34 34 16 9 1 0 3.0 5.4 5.7
6 Yrs 155 60 18 23 19 3 5 32 28 .533 2 7 13 4 25 42% 48 85 16 99 39 19 26 4.6 5.2 5.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 115 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 24 BRO NL 22 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 9 1.205 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 1 2 0 3.2
1958 25 LAD NL 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .843 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 6.0
1959 26 LAD NL 39 17 8 1 0 5 4 1 80% 6 1 22 5 23% 7 1.117 10 3 4 6 3 8 11 6 8 5 8 3 4.4
1960 27 LAD NL 24 17 7 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 4 1 25% 9 1.177 3 1 12 2 1 14 3 14 6 4 7 3 4.9
1961 28 TOT AL 24 21 7 2 0 2 1 1 50% 3 0 20 7 35% .731 4 6 11 3 2 16 12 9 11 7 11 3 4.6
1961 28 NYY AL 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 1 14% 8 .782 3 0 3 1 0 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 3.3
1961 28 MIN AL 16 15 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 13 6 46% 8 .706 1 6 8 2 2 11 8 7 9 5 9 2 5.1
1962 29 KCA AL 33 32 10 0 2 3 2 1 67% 9 4 27 12 44% 7 .730 11 3 15 10 4 16 14 16 15 10 16 9 4.3
6 Yrs 155 95 37 3 4 12 7 5 58% 20 5 76 26 34% 1.039 28 16 47 21 10 62 42 51 44 27 47 19 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 24 BRO NL 526 29% 1.0% 17.1% 13.7% 4.0% 20% 1.79 66% 115 11 10%
1958 25 LAD NL 238 20% 2.5% 10.9% 13.0% 8.4% 28% 2.64 71% 57 10 18%
1959 26 LAD NL 645 27% 2.5% 16.4% 7.9% 6.8% 30% 2.41 70% 151 15 10%
1960 27 LAD NL 248 31% 2.8% 12.1% 16.9% 6.5% 31% 2.23 64% 60 6 10%
1961 28 TOT AL 183 27% 1.6% 12.6% 14.8% 5.5% 26% 1.41 66% 40 5 13%
1961 28 NYY AL 61 21% 3.3% 13.1% 13.1% 9.8% 33% 2.10 69% 16 4 25%
1961 28 MIN AL 122 30% 0.8% 12.3% 15.6% 3.3% 20% 1.17 64% 24 1 4%
1962 29 KCA AL 237 34% 2.3% 12.7% 18.6% 7.7% 36% 2.20 72% 42 6 14%
6 Yrs 2077 28% 2.0% 14.7% 12.8% 6.2% 28% 2.10 68% 465 53 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.5% 8.8% 6.7% 29% 1.02 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 24 BRO NL 526 105 5 0 12 5 0 4 1 33 16 8 48% 10 7 0 211 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 13 0
1958 25 LAD NL 238 71 6 0 4 6 0 4 2 16 13 3 81% 2 7 0 108 2 1 67% 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 15 0
1959 26 LAD NL 645 149 16 1 17 15 1 10 6 45 16 4 36% 17 3 0 265 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
1960 27 LAD NL 248 51 7 0 8 7 0 2 5 8 2 2 25% 0 4 1 104 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1961 28 TOT AL 183 38 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 12 5 2 42% 4 2 2 92 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1961 28 NYY AL 61 18 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 60% 0 1 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 28 MIN AL 122 20 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 2 2 29% 4 1 1 58 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1962 29 KCA AL 220 47 5 0 6 3 2 4 1 17 11 3 65% 5 11 2 90 3 1 75% 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12 17
6 Yrs 2060 461 42 1 53 39 3 26 16 131 63 22 48% 38 34 5 870 8 7 53% 4 5 4 2 0 0 12 1 68 17
MLB Averages 52% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 24 7 4 .636 3.25 22 17 2 5 2 0 119.0 105 55 43 5 72 1 90 6 1 7 526 127 1.487 7.9 0.4 5.4 6.8 1.25 127
1958 25 9 10 .474 4.46 35 27 5 7 2 0 167.1 176 98 83 11 103 2 116 6 1 14 764 93 1.667 9.5 0.6 5.5 6.2 1.13 93
1959 26 19 18 .514 4.24 74 49 13 13 4 4 312.1 325 181 147 27 154 7 222 20 1 17 1409 99 1.534 9.4 0.8 4.4 6.4 1.44 99
1960 27 19 22 .463 4.24 98 56 20 13 4 4 365.1 376 207 172 34 196 10 252 26 1 21 1657 98 1.566 9.3 0.8 4.8 6.2 1.29 98
1961 28 21 24 .467 4.22 122 59 27 13 4 5 405.0 414 229 190 37 223 10 275 31 2 23 1840 98 1.573 9.2 0.8 5.0 6.1 1.23 98
1962 29 21 27 .438 4.40 155 60 37 13 4 7 456.0 461 266 223 42 264 12 303 32 2 34 2075 95 1.590 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.0 1.15 95

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 24 8 5 .615 3.20 121.0 107 48 43 5 73 92 6 1.488 8.0 5.4 6.8 1.26 0.4 22
1958 25 1 4 .200 7.50 48.0 73 44 40 6 32 26 0 2.188 13.7 6.0 4.9 0.81 1.1 13
1959 26 9 7 .563 3.73 152.0 151 70 63 16 52 111 14 1.336 8.9 3.1 6.6 2.13 0.9 39
1960 27 2 3 .400 4.50 52.0 53 29 26 7 44 29 6 1.865 9.2 7.6 5.0 0.66 1.2 24
1961 28 2 2 .500 4.26 38.0 38 20 18 3 27 22 5 1.711 9.0 6.4 5.2 0.81 0.7 24
1962 29 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 46 34 31 5 40 27 1 1.755 8.4 7.3 5.0 0.68 0.9 33
6 Yrs 24 24 .500 4.32 460.0 468 245 221 42 268 307 32 1.600 9.2 6.0 1.15 0.8 155

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL  2 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  72 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (3rd)
1958 NL  7 (6th)
1962 AL  11 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (10th)
1959 NL  14 (2nd)
1960 NL  6 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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