Bob Friend vs. Danny Graves — Career Comparison

Bob Friend
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob Friend 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 113), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 84), and strikeout rate (K%+ 65 vs 62). Bob Friend held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 90). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Danny Graves.

Pitching Stats for Bob Friend and Danny Graves

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
1.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
1.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.14
46.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
3.58
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10833
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3611
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3772
9.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
0.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
2.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1734
4.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15214
37.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1652
4.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14274
35.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82

Fielding Stats for Bob Friend and Danny Graves

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
1.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9315
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3105
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
2.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.1
71.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Friend and Danny Graves

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
278.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1297
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1137
525.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
63.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
54.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
9.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23.81
11.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
75.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
81.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
25.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
27.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
52.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.22
-3.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
17.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
375
173.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.46
3.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
55.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
14
6.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100