Jack Combs vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Jack Combs
UnknownThrows RightBats RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jack Combs 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 6.56 and 1.605 for Jack Combs. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Combs and Danny Graves

Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
6.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
0.464
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
901
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
300.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
10.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
3.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
3.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
931
27.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
7.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
758
22.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.9
27.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Jack Combs and Danny Graves

Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Combs and Danny Graves

Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
67
324.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
541.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.4
21.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
96.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
116.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
67.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
18.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
5
24.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100