Sonny Collins vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Sonny Collins
UnknownPhiladelphia Bacharach GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sonny Collins 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 9.22 and 2.305 for Sonny Collins. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Collins and Danny Graves

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
15.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.48
15.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.805
0.805
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
48.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.305
2.305
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
42.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.73
48.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Sonny Collins and Danny Graves

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.96
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Collins and Danny Graves

Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
300
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
91.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.846
0.846
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
105.72
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Sonny Collins
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100