Danny Graves vs. Mike Lee — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mike Lee
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Lee 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. Mike Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.743 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Mike Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Mike Lee

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
4.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.29
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
40.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
33.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Mike Lee

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.34
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.846
0.846
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Mike Lee

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1114.29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.4
-2.95
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-61.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Mike Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Lee
Career
Per 600 PA