Tony Arnold vs. Al Jackson — Career Comparison

Tony Arnold
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.98 and WHIP 1.366 compared to 5.06 and 1.685 for Tony Arnold. By the career numbers, Al Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Arnold and Al Jackson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.06
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
11.03
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.03
11.03
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.92
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.87
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.23
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
39.41
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.49
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.74
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.95
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.583
1.583
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
35.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Tony Arnold and Al Jackson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.37
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.73
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.99
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
2.01
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
2.88
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.02
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
2.75
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.12
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Arnold and Al Jackson

Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
373
468.2
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
478
600
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.32
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
155
194.56
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Tony Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Tony Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67