Danny Graves vs. Vern Underhill — Career Comparison

Danny Graves
Gen XSouth VietnamThrows RightBats RightCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Vern Underhill
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Vern Underhill 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 5.7 and 2.092 for Vern Underhill. 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 Vern Underhill

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.72
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.33
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.48
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.49
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.43
49.43
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.67
26.67
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
2.03
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.05
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.63
6.63
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2425
27
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808.1
9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
9.54
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
11.15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.54
9.54
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.07
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
3.02
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.68
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.53
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.68
7.68
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
429
4.78
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.3
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.74
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.29
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3487
38.82
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
44.83
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.01
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.48
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.63
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
8.42
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.35
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.32
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.09
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.092
2.092
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130
34.85
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.91
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.82
38.82
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.83
44.83

Fielding Stats for Danny Graves and Vern Underhill

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
518
5.77
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
27
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
808.1
9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.66
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.79
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
2.53
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
2.45
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.92
96.92
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.425
0.425
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Graves and Vern Underhill

Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
3804.88
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
15
642.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
556.1
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.893
0.893
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
58.54
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.96
21.64
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
97.75
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
102.44
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.885
0.885
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-2.95
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
97.85
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
25
182.93
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
3.28
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Vern Underhill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Graves
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Vern Underhill
Career
Per 600 PA