Al Jackson vs. Brandon Knight — Career Comparison

Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brandon Knight
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Knight 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 8.62 and 1.851 for Brandon Knight. By the career numbers, Al Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Jackson and Brandon Knight

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
8.62
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.02
8.02
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
12.35
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.01
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.27
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
738
4.78
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
6.89
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.23
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
43.09
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.01
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.851
1.851
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
35.6
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
37.91
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.09
43.09

Fielding Stats for Al Jackson and Brandon Knight

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.31
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.73
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.86
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.01
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.88
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.75
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Jackson and Brandon Knight

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
2250
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-43.52
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.32
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
32.64
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Brandon Knight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Brandon Knight
Career
Per 600 PA