Danny Graves vs. Bill McCahan — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill McCahan
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill McCahan 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. Bill McCahan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Bill McCahan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCahan

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
1.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.24
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.18
70.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.53
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
872
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
290.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
9.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.2
9.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
4.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
2.35
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
39.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
4.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.521
1.521
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1143
35.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.88
39.88

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCahan

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.105
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCahan

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
57
325.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
548.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
114.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
97.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
32.89
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
131.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
148.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
68.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
51.43
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
120
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.36
36.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
62.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.55
9.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill McCahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill McCahan
Career
Per 600 PA