Danny Graves vs. Jim Mertz — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Mertz 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 4.63 and 1.431 for Jim Mertz. 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 Jim Mertz

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.55
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.3
30.3
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
8.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.09
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.951
0.951
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
38.49
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
34.02
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Jim Mertz

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Jim Mertz

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
33
460.47
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
26.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.83
25.55
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA