Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Danny
McDevitt		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 18, 1932 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1962    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 9 8 8
1958 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 9 9
1959 26 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 10 9 9
1960 27 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 9 9
1961 28 DET AL $ 4,371,429 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 10 9 9
1962 29 DET AL $ 4,957,143 6 7 6 7 7 5 6 10 9 9
1963 30 DET AL $ 5,850,000 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 10 10 10
1964 31 SDP NL $ 13,000,000 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 10 10 10
1965 32 SDP NL $ 13,000,000 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 10 9 9
1966 33 SDP NL $ 13,000,000 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 9 8 8
1967 34 SDP NL $ 13,000,000 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1968 35 SDP NL $ 5,500,000 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1969 36 SDP NL $ 5,500,000 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000 6 8 7 8 7 5 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 27 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 28 DET AL $ 4,371,429   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 29 DET AL $ 4,957,143   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 30 DET AL $ 5,850,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 31 SDP NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 32 SDP NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 33 SDP NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 34 SDP NL $ 13,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 35 SDP NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 36 SDP NL $ 5,500,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1957 24 CIN NL 6 10 .375 22 22 1 1 0 131.7 140 74 10 80 61 5.06 .276 .374 .392 .765 4.1
    AA   1 1 .500 29 0 0 0 3 22.0 20 3 0 10 23 1.23 .253 .337 .291 .628  
1958 25 CIN NL 12 16 .429 43 43 1 0 0 263.3 246 118 19 146 153 4.03 .249 .350 .364 .714 13.0
1959 26 CIN NL 14 19 .424 42 42 2 0 0 274.7 272 134 21 112 206 4.39 .257 .330 .374 .704 12.4
1960 27 CIN NL 5 8 .385 21 21 1 0 0 143.3 119 48 9 47 118 3.01 .224 .292 .327 .619 10.5
  DET AL 4 7 .364 19 19 1 0 0 130.7 110 51 9 48 110 3.51 .226 .302 .333 .635 7.8
  TOT   9 15 .375 40 40 2 0 0 274.0 229 99 18 95 228 3.25 .225 .297 .330 .627 18.3
1961 28 DET AL 9 5 .643 17 17 0 0 0 116.0 86 32 5 28 119 2.48 .203 .260 .295 .555 11.0
1962 29 DET AL 15 15 .500 42 42 4 1 0 304.3 242 92 5 78 214 2.72 .218 .276 .290 .566 25.2
1963 30 DET AL 15 13 .536 44 44 1 0 0 292.0 247 115 7 105 233 3.54 .233 .311 .318 .628 19.1
1964 31 DET AL 11 9 .550 27 27 1 0 0 181.7 153 69 3 63 138 3.42 .231 .302 .296 .597 12.6
  SDP NL 7 4 .636 14 14 0 0 0 97.3 88 27 1 37 63 2.50 .244 .318 .310 .628 9.6
  TOT   18 13 .581 41 41 1 0 0 279.0 241 96 4 100 201 3.10 .235 .307 .301 .608 22.3
1965 32 SDP NL 15 7 .682 32 32 0 0 0 218.3 191 82 10 66 157 3.38 .236 .300 .316 .616 13.0
1966 33 SDP NL 16 15 .516 41 41 4 1 0 289.0 223 90 15 79 210 2.80 .212 .269 .299 .568 24.0
1967 34 SDP NL 10 13 .435 39 39 2 1 0 257.7 245 116 17 88 170 4.05 .249 .316 .350 .665 8.7
1968 35 SDP NL 13 6 .684 79 14 0 0 3 220.0 218 88 15 62 153 3.60 .258 .315 .363 .677 11.2
1969 36 SDP NL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 11 2 1 1 7 1.42 .220 .235 .320 .555 1.9
13 Years Sim 154 147 .512 484 419 18 4 3 2932.6 2591 1138 147 1040 2112 3.49 .237 .308 .331 .639 184.3
1 Years AA 1 1 .500 29 0 0 0 3 22.0 20 3 0 10 23 1.23 .253 .337 .291 .628  
Season Average 11 11 .500 37 32 1 0 0 225.6 199 87 11 80 162 3.49 .237 .308 .331 .639  
Career Highs 18 19 1.000 79 44 4 1 3 304.3 272 134 21 146 233 5.06 .276 .374 .392 .765  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1927 844 114 787 1462   .245 .314 .344 .658
vs LH   664 294 33 253 650   .216 .275 .299 .575
Home 75 72 .510 243 212 4 2 1 1480.0 1304 584 82 526 1073 3.55 .236 .302 .335 .638
Away 79 75 .513 241 207 14 2 2 1452.6 1287 554 65 514 1039 3.43 .238 .305 .327 .631
Mar/Apr 38 20 .655 84 69 2 1 0 520.3 411 156 29 165 401 2.70 .218 .281 .307 .588
May 26 28 .481 85 67 1 1 2 478.6 458 202 25 162 381 3.80 .249 .310 .359 .669
June 22 24 .478 87 72 6 1 1 507.0 432 210 26 178 339 3.73 .231 .298 .332 .630
July 21 23 .477 83 66 5 1 0 461.6 417 187 28 167 342 3.65 .239 .305 .335 .640
August 27 27 .500 74 74 3 0 0 479.3 451 202 22 178 313 3.79 .249 .316 .339 .655
Sep/Oct 20 25 .444 71 71 3 1 0 485.6 422 181 17 190 336 3.35 .237 .311 .316 .626
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 24 CIN NL 22 45 3 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .267 .283 .311 .594 4.0 0.2
1958 25 CIN NL 43 82 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 30 .110 .120 .122 .242 -1.8 0.0
1959 26 CIN NL 42 88 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 37 .068 .089 .068 .157 -3.7 0.0
1960 27 CIN NL 21 44 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .114 .114 .159 .273 -0.5 0.0
  DET AL 19 44 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .114 .133 .114 .247 -0.6 0.0
  TOT   40 88 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 37 .114 .124 .136 .260 -1.1 0.0
1961 28 DET AL 17 42 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .095 .136 .119 .255 -0.5 0.0
1962 29 DET AL 42 102 5 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 36 .088 .097 .127 .225 -2.9 0.0
1963 30 DET AL 44 99 7 14 2 1 1 7 0 0 1 37 .141 .150 .212 .362 1.0 0.0
1964 31 DET AL 27 58 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 23 .069 .085 .103 .188 -2.2 0.0
  SDP NL 14 30 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   41 88 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 35 .091 .101 .114 .215 -2.4 0.0
1965 32 SDP NL 32 78 1 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 .077 .076 .077 .153 -3.2 0.0
1966 33 SDP NL 41 89 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 .112 .141 .135 .276 -0.4 0.0
1967 34 SDP NL 39 81 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 32 .074 .084 .099 .183 -3.3 0.0
1968 35 SDP NL 79 49 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .082 .082 .102 .184 -1.7 0.0
12 Years Sim 482 931 34 98 17 2 1 39 0 0 12 340 .105 .118 .131 .249 -16.1 0.2
162 Game Average 312 11 32 5 0 0 13 0 0 4 114 .105 .118 .131 .249 -5.4  
Career Highs 79 102 7 14 4 1 1 7 0 0 3 37 .267 .283 .311 .594 4.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   565 21 62 9 2 1 22 0 0 6 196 .110 .122 .138 .260 -11.2
vs LH   366 13 36 8 0 0 17 0 0 6 144 .098 .112 .120 .233 -9.9
Home 242 430 22 48 9 1 1 19 0 0 8 160 .112 .132 .144 .276 -6.5
Away 240 501 12 50 8 1 0 20 0 0 4 180 .100 .107 .120 .226 -14.6
RISP   209 0 20 2 0 0 34 0 0 2 78 .096 .107 .105 .213 -7.0
Close/Late   47 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .085 .085 .128 .213 -1.7
Mar/Apr 82 158 9 15 4 1 0 10 0 0 3 64 .095 .117 .133 .249 -3.8
May 85 150 5 17 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 51 .113 .119 .140 .259 -3.3
June 87 155 2 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 57 .071 .094 .084 .178 -6.5
July 83 151 4 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 56 .126 .131 .152 .283 -2.0
August 74 157 8 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 56 .121 .121 .140 .261 -3.1
Sep/Oct 71 160 6 17 2 0 1 9 0 0 4 56 .106 .128 .138 .266 -2.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1957 24 CIN NL P 22 22 131.7 6 20 3 2 .897 1.78    
1958 25 CIN NL P 43 43 263.3 13 49 3 3 .954 2.12    
1959 26 CIN NL P 42 42 274.7 13 40 1 5 .981 1.74    
1960 27 CIN NL P 21 21 143.3 6 18 1 2 .960 1.51    
  DET AL P 19 19 130.7 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.52    
  TOT   P 40 40 274.0 12 34 1 3 .979 1.51    
1961 28 DET AL P 17 17 116.0 5 8 2 0 .867 1.01    
1962 29 DET AL P 42 42 304.3 17 41 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1963 30 DET AL P 44 44 292.0 11 39 2 3 .962 1.54    
1964 31 DET AL P 27 27 181.7 5 25 0 4 1.000 1.49    
  SDP NL P 14 14 97.3 3 13 0 2 1.000 1.48    
  TOT   P 41 41 279.0 8 38 0 6 1.000 1.48    
1965 32 SDP NL P 32 32 218.3 15 38 0 3 1.000 2.18    
1966 33 SDP NL P 41 41 289.0 23 32 4 0 .932 1.71    
1967 34 SDP NL P 39 39 257.7 13 45 2 4 .967 2.03    
1968 35 SDP NL P 79 14 220.0 5 37 5 3 .894 1.72    
1969 36 SDP NL P 2 2 12.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42    
Career Totals   484 419 2932.6 142 422 23 32 .961 1.73    
Career Highs   79 44 304.3 23 49 5 6 1.000 2.18    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1962 29 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 16 7 2 3 12 4.20 .267 .302 .417 .718
1963 30 DET AL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 1 0 21.0 22 10 1 3 20 4.29 .275 .301 .388 .689
1964 31 SDP NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 14.7 14 6 1 3 5 3.68 .264 .304 .396 .700
1965 32 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 11 5 1 4 14 3.07 .204 .259 .296 .555
1966 33 SDP NL 2 1 .667 6 2 0 0 0 24.7 28 19 4 10 17 6.93 .289 .355 .474 .829
1967 34 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 2 1 5 7.50 .333 .357 .704 1.061
1968 35 SDP NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 18 12 6 5 4 9.53 .367 .426 .755 1.181
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 6 .500 20 13 2 1 0 107.3 118 64 17 29 77 5.37 .281 .327 .464 .792
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 29 DET AL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
1963 30 DET AL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1964 31 SDP NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 32 SDP NL 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 33 SDP NL 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1967 34 SDP NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 35 SDP NL 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 20 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .097 .125 .097 .222
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1962-5-2.72
1966-9-2.80
 Losses
1959-5-19
 Winning Pct
1965-9-.682
1968-9-.684
 Games Pitched
1968-10-79
 Games Started
1958-5-43
1959-7-42
1962-6-42
1963-1-44
1966-10-41
 Hits Allowed
1959-10-272
Strikeouts
1963-7-233
 Walks Allowed
1958-2-146
1959-4-112
1963-7-105
 Walks per 9IP
1962-8-2.3
 Hits per 9IP
1962-6-7.2
1964-10-7.6
1966-4-6.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1963-8-7.2
 WHiP
1962-5-1.05
1966-6-1.04
OAVG
1962-6-.218
1964-10-.231
1966-5-.212
 OOBP
1962-9-.276
1966-7-.269
 OSLG
1958-8-.364
1959-6-.374
1962-3-.290
1963-6-.318
1964-4-.296
1965-8-.316
1966-2-.299
CAR-23-.331
 OOPS
1962-4-.566
1964-8-.597
1965-9-.616
1966-2-.568
CAR-30-.639
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Don Nottebart (936)
  2. Joe Horlen (933)
  3. Ralph Lumenti (931)
  4. Joe Coleman (930)
  5. Mike Marshall (927)
  6. Ramon Monzant (916)
  7. Frank Baumann (913)
  8. Jim York (910)
  9. Dave Laroche (910)
  10. Bob Veale (908)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Preacher Roe (989)
  2. Milt Pappas (987)
  3. Jim O'Toole (987)
  4. Bud Byerly (987)
  5. Eddie Fisher (984)
  6. Bob Veale (983)
  7. Ralph Branca (983)
  8. Tommy Hughes (982)
  9. Tex Hughson (981)
  10. Charlie Beamon (980)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1957
Had first career hit on 6/1/1957, off Frank Sullivan (BRK)
Earned first career win on 6/22/1957
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1958, going 3-0, 1.28
Injured on 8/20/1958 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 7/1/1960 (Going to CIN: P Mike Cuellar, 1B Johnny Callison, P Dick Ellsworth. Going to DET: RF Wally Moon, P Danny Mcdevitt)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,371,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/13/1961 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1961, going 2-0, 0.00
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,957,143 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1962, going 5-0, 1.33
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1962, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,850,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 9/12/1963, off Ramon Monzant (BOS)
10/23/1963: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $13,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 7/31/1964 (Going to SDP: P Danny Mcdevitt. Going to DET: P Jack Aker, LF Walt Bond)
Injured on 4/11/1965 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1966, going 4-1, 0.85
Injured on 8/7/1967 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
10/29/1967: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/11/1969 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.