Al Jackson vs. Cla Meredith — Career Comparison

Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cla Meredith
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Cla Meredith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cla Meredith led in run prevention (ERA+ 181 vs 95), walk avoidance (BB%+ 180 vs 112), and home run suppression (HR9+ 159 vs 107). Role difference aside, Cla Meredith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Al Jackson and Cla Meredith

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.43
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.44
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
614
3.98
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
3.62
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
9.39
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
9.53
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.76
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
2.54
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.27
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.6
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
738
4.78
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
6
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.949
0.949
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.23
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5942
38.49
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1197
38.02
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.64
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
725
4.7
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.97
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.32
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1087
34.53
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02

Fielding Stats for Al Jackson and Cla Meredith

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
9.08
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
850
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283.1
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
2.01
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.75
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
2.88
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
2.54
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
2.75
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
2.45
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.25
96.25
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Jackson and Cla Meredith

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
286
57200
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.32
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
32.64
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Cla Meredith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Cla Meredith
Career
Per 600 PA