Fred Archer vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Archer 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Danny Graves

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Danny Graves

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Danny Graves

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100