Dave Boswell vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Dave Boswell
Silent GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dave Boswell 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. Dave Boswell led in strikeout rate (K%+ 131 vs 65), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 88), and home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 90). Danny Graves held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 81). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Dave Boswell.

Pitching Stats for Dave Boswell and Danny Graves

Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.84
54.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.66
73.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.216
0.216
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3196
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
7.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
4.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
7.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4487
37.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
3.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.257
1.257
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3965
33.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.91
37.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Dave Boswell and Danny Graves

Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3197
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.68
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
1.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.66
73.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Boswell and Danny Graves

Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
231
350.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
395
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
367
557.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.534
0.534
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
112.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
85.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
27.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.42
34.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
157.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
127.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
62.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
33.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
89.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.29
30.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
180.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.32
3.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Dave Boswell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
9
13.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dave Boswell
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100