Danny Graves vs. Jim Lewis — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Lewis
UnknownThrows LeftPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Lewis 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 5.79 and 1.482 for Jim Lewis. 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 Jim Lewis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
10.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
40.12
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
6.89
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.482
1.482
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.07
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Jim Lewis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Jim Lewis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
331.03
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
25
517.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.552
0.552
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.01
41.56
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.516
0.516
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
38.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA