Tom Bolton vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Tom Bolton
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tom Bolton 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. Tom Bolton led in home run suppression (HR9+ 155 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 65), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 88). Danny Graves held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 88). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Tom Bolton.

Pitching Stats for Tom Bolton and Danny Graves

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.69
47.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
4.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
614
10.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
4.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2426
40.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.09
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2128
35.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Tom Bolton and Danny Graves

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1621
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
540.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
1.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.531
0.531
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.79
26.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Bolton and Danny Graves

Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
209
8360
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
520
3804.88
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-56.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
200
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Tom Bolton
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100