Dixie Davis vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Dixie Davis
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dixie Davis 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. Dixie Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.516 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Dixie Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Davis and Danny Graves

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
1.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.04
69.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
3.97
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3956
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1311
8.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
688
4.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
3.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5844
39.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
4.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5111
34.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Dixie Davis and Danny Graves

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Davis and Danny Graves

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
240
289.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
498
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
441
531.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
104.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
91.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
29.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
119.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
137.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
36.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
74.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.51
33.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
32.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
50.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.86
11.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
36.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100