Dylan Axelrod vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dylan Axelrod 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 5.27 and 1.579 for Dylan Axelrod. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dylan Axelrod and Danny Graves

Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
228.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
10.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.07
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
3.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
6.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
40.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
926
36.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.54
40.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Dylan Axelrod and Danny Graves

Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
686
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
228.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.81
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dylan Axelrod and Danny Graves

Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
3933.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
520
3804.88
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
7.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.15
-9.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dylan Axelrod
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100