Danny Graves vs. Thornton Lee — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Thornton Lee
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Thornton 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. Thornton Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.56 and WHIP 1.358 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Thornton Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Thornton Lee

Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
1.44
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
1.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
0.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.55
48.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
3.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6994
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2331.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2327
8.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
3.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
937
3.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.761
0.761
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.17
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9999
38.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
4.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9118
35.2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Thornton Lee

Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
495
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.87
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.324
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Thornton Lee

Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
375
254.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
885
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
76
556.1
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
835
566.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
113.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
91.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
21.69
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.79
29.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
143.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
132.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
42.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
44.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
84.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.01
27.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
18.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
208
141.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Thornton Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
14.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
23
15.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Thornton Lee
Career
Per 600 PA