Danny Graves vs. Bill McCall — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill McCall 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 McCall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.271 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Bill McCall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCall

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.96
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.82
59.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
3.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
8.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.79
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCall

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
1.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.15
94.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Bill McCall

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
116
267.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
546.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
117.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
103.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
13.85
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
36.35
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
133.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
85.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.55
42.8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
32.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
18.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100