Kevin Appier vs. Grant Jackson — Career Comparison

Kevin Appier
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Kevin Appier built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Appier led in home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 92). Role difference aside, Kevin Appier holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Appier and Grant Jackson

Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.23
55.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
3.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
8.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
0.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
3.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1994
6.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10958
38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1168
4.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9807
34.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Kevin Appier and Grant Jackson

Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Appier and Grant Jackson

Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
414
2760
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
718
1709.52
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
83
553.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
5.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.46
-16.42
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
260
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA