MLB / Players

Jim Devlin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornJune 6, 1849 · Philadelphia, PA, USA

MLB debutApril 21, 1873

Final gameOctober 6, 1877

Seasons5 (1873–1877)

Philadelphia Whites 1873; Chicago White Stockings 1874–1875; Louisville Grays 1876–1877

Percentile snapshot

1877 season — qualified batters

81.8

275

81.8

268

84.1

43.2

31.8

36.4

68.2

RBI

47.7

68.2

2.3

.269

45.5

OBP

.287

45.5

SLG

.325

43.2

OPS

.612

47.7

wRC+

94.1

45.5

OPS+

91.8

47.7

wOBA

.283

45.5

sWAR

9.1

100

of 45 qualified 1877 batters (min 189 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1877 season — qualified pitchers

100

SHO

617

140

141

559.0

100

ERA

2.25

WHIP

1.177

K/9

2.27

FIP

2.65

FIP-

94.3

ERA+

124.6

sWAR

9.1

100

of 11 qualified 1877 pitchers (min 61 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

131.5

96.9

sWAR

25.2

95.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1873	23	101	99	18	24	4	4	0	10	2	4	0	0	.242	.257	.364	.621	89.2	81.5	.281	0.1
1874	45	205	203	26	58	5	0	0	26	2	9	2	1	.286	.293	.310	.603	96.0	93.0	.277	0.4
1875	69	322	318	60	92	17	6	0	40	4	4	6	1	.289	.298	.381	.679	119.5	132.7	.308	4.3
1876	68	299	298	38	94	14	1	0	28	1	11	0	0	.315	.318	.369	.687	117.4	127.5	.317	11.3
1877	61	275	268	38	72	6	3	1	27	7	27	0	0	.269	.287	.325	.612	94.1	91.8	.283	9.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1875	28	24	7	16	24	0	254	48	12	23	0	224.0	1.93	1.188	0.92	2.19	98.6	115.4	4.3
1876	68	68	30	35	66	5	566	108	37	122	3	622.0	1.56	.969	1.77	2.08	90.2	147.6	11.3
1877	61	61	35	25	61	4	617	140	41	141	4	559.0	2.25	1.177	2.27	2.65	94.3	124.6	9.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

266

1,202

1,186

180

340

RBI

131

.2867

OBP

.2962

SLG

.3516

OPS

.6478

Pitching

G (P)

157

153

151

225th-most career CG

SHO

1,405

SO (P)

286

BB allowed

ERA

1.896

3rd-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.0868

16th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

1.83

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.