Danny Graves vs. Brendan McKay — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brendan McKay 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 5.14 and 1.408 for Brendan McKay. 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 Brendan McKay

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.07
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.02
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
39.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.88
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
36.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Brendan McKay

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Brendan McKay

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
18
981.82
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA