Roy Branch vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Roy Branch
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Roy Branch 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 7.94 and 1.765 for Roy Branch. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Branch and Danny Graves

Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
7.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.94
7.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.07
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.53
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
4.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.147
1.147
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
41.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.32
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.677
1.677
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
34.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.29
41.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Roy Branch and Danny Graves

Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Roy Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Branch and Danny Graves

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