Jimmy Anderson vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Jimmy Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Graves as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Graves led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 65 vs 56). Jimmy Anderson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 137 vs 90). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Danny Graves.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Danny Graves

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.72
34.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.69
78.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
5.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
10.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
3.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2587
40.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
5.81
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.09
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2278
35.68
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.52
40.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Danny Graves

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
2.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.6
96.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.69
78.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Danny Graves

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
122
379.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
528.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
71.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.44
13.81
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
80.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
96.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
34.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
18.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
52.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
4.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
136.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
46.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100