Dick Donovan vs. Grant Jackson — Career Comparison

Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dick Donovan 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. Dick Donovan led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 173 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 97 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 84). Role difference aside, Dick Donovan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Dick Donovan and Grant Jackson

Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
3.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
0.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
909
4.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7867
35.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Dick Donovan and Grant Jackson

Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Donovan and Grant Jackson

Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
371
277.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
801
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
519.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
62.92
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.74
2.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
13.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA