Danny Graves vs. Bill Macdonald — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Macdonald
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Macdonald 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 4.66 and 1.534 for Bill Macdonald. 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 Bill Macdonald

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.66
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
160.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
8.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
5.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
39.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
5.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
33.96
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Bill Macdonald

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.583
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Bill Macdonald

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
36
392.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
55
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
49
534.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
13.61
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
7
76.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
109.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
4
43.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
1.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
43.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
182.93
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
196.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill Macdonald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Macdonald
Career
Per 600 PA