Danny Graves vs. Ralph Hamner — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ralph Hamner
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ralph Hamner 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 4.58 and 1.673 for Ralph Hamner. 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 Graves and Ralph Hamner

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.9
45.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.58
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
9.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
4.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1018
41.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
5.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.673
1.673
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
875
35.8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.65
41.65

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Ralph Hamner

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.967
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Ralph Hamner

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
61
554.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
66
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
61
554.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
90.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
25.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
136.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
72.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
11.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Ralph Hamner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
209.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.87
2.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ralph Hamner
Career
Per 600 PA