Whitey Ford vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Whitey Ford
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Whitey Ford 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. Whitey Ford led in home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 90), strikeout rate (K%+ 102 vs 65), and run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 103). Danny Graves held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 91). Role difference aside, Whitey Ford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Whitey Ford and Danny Graves

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
1.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
0.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.01
69.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.95
87.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
967
2.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9511
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3170.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2766
7.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1086
3.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
5.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13036
37.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1107
3.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11922
33.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.01
37.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Whitey Ford and Danny Graves

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
1.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
1.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8554
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2851.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
2.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
2.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.52
79.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Whitey Ford and Danny Graves

Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
500
248.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1208
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
508.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
177
87.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
76.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
9.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
10.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.22
27.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
101.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
293
145.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
45.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
34.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
77.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.79
29.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
224
111.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.39
5.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
32.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
4.97
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Whitey Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Whitey Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
60
60
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100