Joe Grahe vs. Jim McDonald — Career Comparison

Joe Grahe
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McDonald
Greatest GenerationOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim McDonald built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Grahe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McDonald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.27 and WHIP 1.543 compared to 4.41 and 1.614 for Joe Grahe. By the career numbers, Jim McDonald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Grahe and Jim McDonald

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.2
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
2.62
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.49
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.67
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.52
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.86
20.86
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.44
40.44
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.41
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1404
27
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
468
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
10.14
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
9.4
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.61
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.46
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
4.09
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
4.44
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.59
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
3.04
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.964
0.964
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.4
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1812
40.74
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2064
39.69
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.27
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.58
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.01
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
5.04
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.581
1.581
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.539
1.539
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1574
35.39
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1825
35.1
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.69
39.69

Fielding Stats for Joe Grahe and Jim McDonald

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.2
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
7.37
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.88
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.14
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1201
27
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
27
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.1
9
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
9
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.72
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.11
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.64
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
6.13
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
2.47
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
8.57
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
2.36
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
8.24
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
95.45
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.2
96.2
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.562
0.562
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.118
1.118
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.86
20.86
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.44
15.44
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.7
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Grahe and Jim McDonald

Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
4315.38
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
139
545.1
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
600
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
19
438.46
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
501.96
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.569
0.569
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
66.67
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
19.61
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.92
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
23.53
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
56.17
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.8
38.45
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
117.65
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
160.78
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.718
0.718
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.9
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
39.22
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
94.12
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.98
68.74
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.07
39.47
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
48
188.24
Joe Grahe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3.19
3.19
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jim McDonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
27.45
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Grahe
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McDonald
Career
Per 600 PA