Ken Forsch vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch 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. Ken Forsch led in strikeout rate (K%+ 81 vs 65), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 88), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 103). Danny Graves held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 141 vs 128). Role difference aside, Ken Forsch holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Danny Graves

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Danny Graves

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Danny Graves

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100