Bill Evans vs. Danny Jackson — Career Comparison

Bill Evans
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Danny Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.431 compared to 4.98 and 1.708 for Bill Evans. By the career numbers, Danny Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Evans and Danny Jackson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
353
1.53
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.41
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.49
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.09
46.09
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.78
91.78
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.19
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.98
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
4.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6218
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2072.2
9
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
8.72
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2110
9.16
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.72
8.72
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
0.58
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.65
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
3.54
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1225
5.32
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.25
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.22
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
40.29
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
39.02
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.82
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
4.61
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.51
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
33.65
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7935
34.46
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.29
40.29
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Evans and Danny Jackson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
1.53
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.41
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6218
27
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2072.2
9
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.46
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
1.24
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.13
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.82
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
1.69
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Evans and Danny Jackson

Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
1560
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
432.39
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
494
600
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
428
519.84
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
48.58
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.57
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
12.25
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
85.02
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
78.95
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
34.01
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
68.02
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-60
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.64
-1.99
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.15
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
219
265.99
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
2.26
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
65.59
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bill Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.43
Bill Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0