Bill Hill vs. Al Jackson — Career Comparison

Bill Hill
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hill 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 4.16 and 1.514 for Bill Hill. 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 Hill and Al Jackson

Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.21
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.96
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.12
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.35
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.67
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.29
34.29
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.74
92.74
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.93
60.93
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.35
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
4.16
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2775
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
994
9.67
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.23
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.74
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
3.95
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.27
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
2.72
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.742
0.742
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.824
0.824
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.23
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4111
40
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
607
5.91
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3646
35.47
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bill Hill and Al Jackson

Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
1.21
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.96
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2775
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
925
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
2.48
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
2.01
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.33
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.13
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
3.17
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
2.88
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
2.84
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
2.75
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.57
89.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.5
95.5
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.355
2.355
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.12
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hill and Al Jackson

Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
124
199.46
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
373
468.2
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
373
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
348
559.79
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
435
546.03
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
93.3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
86.61
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
88.47
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
52
65.27
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.61
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.51
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.83
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13.71
22.05
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.06
20.16
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
63
101.34
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
123.86
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
104.18
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
49.87
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
46.44
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.95
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
28.87
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
78.82
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
74.06
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.5
20.1
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8.53
10.71
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.26
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
27.35
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.32
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
104.56
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
155
194.56
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.74
5.74
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
3.08
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.65
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.22
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.51
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Bill Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.22
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Bill Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67