Danny Graves vs. Jim LaMarque — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim LaMarque
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim LaMarque 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. Jim LaMarque posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Jim LaMarque had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Jim LaMarque

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.31
67.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.88
80.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1451
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
8.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
5.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.73
5.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.912
0.912
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
2061
38.35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
4.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.99
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1871
34.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Jim LaMarque

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
1677
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
559
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.72
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.326
2.326
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.54
68.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Jim LaMarque

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
102
246.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
551.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
123.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
89.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
33.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.48
51.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
176.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
159.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
91.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
84.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
169.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.97
55.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
31.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim LaMarque
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Jim LaMarque
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100