Fred Heimach vs. Michael Jackson — Career Comparison

Fred Heimach
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Michael Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Heimach built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Michael Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.285 compared to 4.46 and 1.451 for Fred Heimach. By the career numbers, Michael Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Heimach and Michael Jackson

Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
2.07
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.89
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.43
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.47
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.51
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.33
47.33
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.06
48.06
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.91
42.91
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.39
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.08
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
639
4.46
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
3.42
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3866
27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1288.2
9
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1510
10.55
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
7.44
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.45
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.96
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
2.51
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
3.51
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.61
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
2.33
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
7.62
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.19
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5674
39.63
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4966
37.61
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.2
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
5.27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.31
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.65
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.451
1.451
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5287
36.92
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4351
32.95
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Fred Heimach and Michael Jackson

Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3565
27
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1188.1
9
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.43
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.26
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.76
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.69
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.09
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.12
96.12
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.659
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Heimach and Michael Jackson

Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
368
376.79
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1005
18272.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
586
600
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
542
554.95
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
131.06
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
90.91
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
107.51
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
15.36
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.12
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.07
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
23.55
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.41
46.5
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.49
27.07
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
165.87
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
159.73
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
109.09
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
59.39
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
50.17
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
106.48
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
72.73
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.08
52.3
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.35
24.5
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.67
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
98
100.34
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
5.98
5.98
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.38
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.02
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.05
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Heimach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA