Jake Arrieta vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jake Arrieta 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. Jake Arrieta led in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 65), home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 90), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 90 vs 88). Danny Graves held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jake Arrieta.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Danny Graves

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
1.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6755
37.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
4.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Danny Graves

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
421
2.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
2.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Danny Graves

Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
289
407.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
538.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
35.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100