Danny Graves vs. Verdell Mathis — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Verdell Mathis
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Verdell Mathis 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. Verdell Mathis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Verdell Mathis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Verdell Mathis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.51
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.77
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1261
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
420.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
9.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.42
9.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1814
38.84
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
4.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1649
35.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Verdell Mathis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.04
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2994
27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
998
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
2.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
1.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
3.66
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
3.48
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.07
95.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.428
2.428
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.33
72.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Verdell Mathis

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
163
200.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
538.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
142.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.32
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.78
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.29
58.27
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
161.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
195.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.631
0.631
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
81.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
48.05
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
128.13
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.44
69.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
52.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162.33
162.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.33
14.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Verdell Mathis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Verdell Mathis
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100