Tex Covington vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tex Covington 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 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Danny Graves

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Danny Graves

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Danny Graves

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
52
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
47
542.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100