Danny Fife vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Danny Fife
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Danny Fife 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 5.43 and 1.722 for Danny Fife. By the career numbers, Danny Graves had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Fife and Danny Graves

Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
10.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.96
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
42.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
5.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
35.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.18
42.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Danny Fife and Danny Graves

Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.64
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Fife and Danny Graves

Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
600
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Danny Fife
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100