Jimmie DeShong vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Jimmie DeShong
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jimmie DeShong 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 5.08 and 1.604 for Jimmie DeShong. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Danny Graves

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.65
51.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
493
5.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2618
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
872.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
968
9.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
4.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
2.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3944
40.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
560
5.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.604
1.604
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3500
36.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Danny Graves

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.229
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmie DeShong and Danny Graves

Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
176
306.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
345
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
293
509.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
100.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
90.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.96
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.83
36.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
118.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
158.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
43.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
104.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.54
42.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
55.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
71.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.41
8.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
0.78
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jimmie DeShong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
33.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jimmie DeShong
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100