Danny Graves vs. Al Olmsted — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Al Olmsted
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Olmsted 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. Al Olmsted posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.356 compared to 4.05 and 1.455 for Danny Graves. By the career numbers, Al Olmsted had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Graves and Al Olmsted

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.49
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.43
49.43
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.05
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
9.54
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
8.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
4.78
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.63
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.866
0.866
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.808
0.808
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3487
38.82
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
38.16
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
4.63
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.327
1.327
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3130
34.85
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
34.01
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Al Olmsted

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.3
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.2
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.79
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.34
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
2.53
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
2.45
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
96.92
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Al Olmsted

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
5
230.77
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.96
21.64
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
15.1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
14.83
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Al Olmsted
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Al Olmsted
Career
Per 600 PA