Bill Harrington vs. Al Jackson — Career Comparison

Bill Harrington
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Harrington 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 5.03 and 1.599 for Bill Harrington. By the career numbers, Al Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Harrington and Al Jackson

Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.49
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.39
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.03
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.82
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1449
9.39
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.7
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.74
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.18
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.27
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
3.09
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.31
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.23
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
40.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.01
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.49
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.556
1.556
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
451
34.89
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bill Harrington and Al Jackson

Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.49
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.24
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.01
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.78
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.88
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.78
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.75
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.397
0.397
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Harrington and Al Jackson

Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
1200
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
24
496.55
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
8.98
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.06
-1.19
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.32
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
124.14
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
155
194.56
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.83
4.83
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
3.08
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
32.64
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Bill Harrington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Bill Harrington
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67