Al Jackson vs. Al Mahon — Career Comparison

Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Mahon
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Mahon 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 22.85 and 4.154 for Al Mahon. 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 Al Mahon

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
614
3.98
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.33
20.33
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.74
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
14.54
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.27
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.54
14.54
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
738
4.78
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.615
1.615
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.23
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5942
38.49
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
60.23
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
4.7
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
22.85
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.85
22.85
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.154
4.154
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5496
35.6
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
45.69
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.23
60.23

Fielding Stats for Al Jackson and Al Mahon

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.96
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4168
27
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1389.1
9
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.01
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.88
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.75
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.5
95.5
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Al Jackson and Al Mahon

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.06
20.16
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
104.18
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
46.44
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
74.06
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.53
10.71
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.32
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
32.64
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Al Mahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Al Mahon
Career
Per 600 PA