Ken Burkhart vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Ken Burkhart
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ken Burkhart 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. Ken Burkhart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.368 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Ken Burkhart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Burkhart and Danny Graves

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
2.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.7
27.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
9.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
2.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
3.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.666
0.666
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2207
38.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
4.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2030
35.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Ken Burkhart and Danny Graves

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.791
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Burkhart and Danny Graves

Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
149
545.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
548.78
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
98.78
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.66
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.93
29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
131.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
128.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
76.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.89
25.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
113.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.29
5.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ken Burkhart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Burkhart
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100