Herman Besse vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Herman Besse
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Herman Besse 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 6.79 and 1.755 for Herman Besse. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herman Besse and Danny Graves

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
6.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
242.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
11.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
4.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
4.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1145
42.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
7.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.23
7.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.756
1.756
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
37.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.47
42.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Herman Besse and Danny Graves

Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.539
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herman Besse and Danny Graves

Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
71
430.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
545.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
109.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
96.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.85
35.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
163.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
48.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
90.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
139.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
39.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
121.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Herman Besse
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Herman Besse
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100