Bob Cooney vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Bob Cooney
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob Cooney 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 5.95 and 1.776 for Bob Cooney. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Cooney and Danny Graves

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
110.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
11.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.834
0.834
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
41.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
6.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.776
1.776
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
37.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.85
41.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Bob Cooney and Danny Graves

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Cooney and Danny Graves

Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
29
457.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
35
552.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
1.09
17.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
126.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
13.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Bob Cooney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bob Cooney
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100