Sammy Ellis vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Sammy Ellis
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sammy Ellis 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 93), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 84). Sammy Ellis held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 65). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Danny Graves.

Pitching Stats for Sammy Ellis and Danny Graves

Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.07
52.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.14
61.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
463
4.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3012
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1004
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
8.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
677
6.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4296
38.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
4.51
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3896
34.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Sammy Ellis and Danny Graves

Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
2.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3012
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1004
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.23
93.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.14
61.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sammy Ellis and Danny Graves

Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
231
393.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
352
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
299
509.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
52.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
47.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.25
8.96
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
57.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
86.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
32.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
11.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
44.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.21
-5.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
30.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
134
228.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Sammy Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
56.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Sammy Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100