Danny Graves (born Daniel Peter Graves on August 7, 1973, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is the first Vietnamese baseball player in Major League Baseball.
Graves was awarded a baseball scholarship to the University of Miami. As a right-handed relief pitcher for the University of Miami as a junior, he posted a 0.89 earned run average and led collegiate baseball with a school-record 21 saves.
In 1994, Graves was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the amateur MLB draft. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in July 1997.
In a nine-season career with Cleveland and Cincinnati, Graves has compiled a 40-42 record as a pitcher with 406 strikeouts, a 3.89 ERA, and 172 saves in 755.2 innings.
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