Pat Combs vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Pat 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 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat 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 Pat Combs and Danny Graves

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1165
34.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Danny Graves

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Danny Graves

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
518.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
36
196.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
43.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100