Bill Bolden vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Bill Bolden
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Bolden 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 5.25 and 1.750 for Bill Bolden. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Bolden and Danny Graves

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
12.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.75
12.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
38.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Bill Bolden and Danny Graves

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Bolden and Danny Graves

Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill Bolden
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100