Specs Ellis vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Specs Ellis
UnknownThrows LeftBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Specs 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 5.22 and 1.551 for Specs Ellis. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Specs Ellis and Danny Graves

Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
11.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.614
0.614
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
42.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
6.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.551
1.551
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
38.97
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.65
42.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Specs Ellis and Danny Graves

Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Specs Ellis and Danny Graves

Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
14
365.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
495.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.674
0.674
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.02
52.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.627
0.627
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
70.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Specs Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100