Bill Ayers vs. Grant Jackson — Career Comparison

Bill Ayers
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ayers 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. Grant Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 8.15 and 1.698 for Bill Ayers. By the career numbers, Grant Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Ayers and Grant Jackson

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
8.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
11.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.72
11.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
3.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
5.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.019
1.019
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
41.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.92
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.92
8.92
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.698
1.698
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
37.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Ayers and Grant Jackson

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.55
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4078
27
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1359.1
9
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.769
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Ayers and Grant Jackson

Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
780
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
42.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
45.94
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA