Ossie Brown vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Ossie Brown
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ossie Brown 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 7.65 and 1.733 for Ossie Brown. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ossie Brown and Danny Graves

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.65
7.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
11.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.7
11.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
3.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
8.81
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.733
1.733
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
37.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Ossie Brown and Danny Graves

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ossie Brown and Danny Graves

Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
13
278.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
44.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
61.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ossie Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100