Jim Bivin vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Jim Bivin
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Bivin 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 5.79 and 1.763 for Jim Bivin. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bivin and Danny Graves

Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.79
29.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
5.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.34
6.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
12.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.25
12.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.07
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.736
0.736
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
43.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.84
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
7.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.18
7.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.763
1.763
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
39.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.03
43.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Jim Bivin and Danny Graves

Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.766
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bivin and Danny Graves

Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
48
553.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.36
27.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
16.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
323.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Jim Bivin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Bivin
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100