Vet Barnes vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Vet Barnes
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Vet Barnes 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. Vet Barnes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.127 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Vet Barnes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vet Barnes and Danny Graves

Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.68
73.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
128.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
8.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.41
7.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.057
1.057
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
524
36.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
3.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.127
1.127
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
33.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.65
36.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Vet Barnes and Danny Graves

Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
128.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
2.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
90.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vet Barnes and Danny Graves

Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
27
284.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
57
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
52
547.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.763
0.763
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
147.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
73.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
63.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.53
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
73.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.07
74.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
242.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
178.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.751
0.751
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
126.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
136.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
252.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
76.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Vet Barnes
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100