Rene Arocha vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rene Arocha 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 4.11 and 1.360 for Rene Arocha. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Danny Graves

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.03
29.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
34.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Danny Graves

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Danny Graves

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
124
907.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
69
504.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
31
226.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100