Ken Clay vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Ken Clay
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ken Clay 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 4.68 and 1.533 for Ken Clay. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Clay and Danny Graves

Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.41
29.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.43
32.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
4.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
9.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
3.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
3.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1560
39.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
5.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.92
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.499
1.499
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1382
35.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.7
39.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Ken Clay and Danny Graves

Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
2.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.59
93.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.658
0.658
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.43
32.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Clay and Danny Graves

Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
111
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
600
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Clay
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100