Al Jackson vs. Brian Meyer — Career Comparison

Al Jackson
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brian Meyer
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Meyer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Meyer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.322 compared to 3.98 and 1.366 for Al Jackson. By the career numbers, Brian Meyer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Jackson and Brian Meyer

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.43
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.64
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.35
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
614
3.98
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.84
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1449
9.39
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
7.28
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.74
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.64
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.09
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.27
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
738
4.78
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
5.15
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.026
1.026
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.23
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.25
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5942
38.49
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
37.66
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.24
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
725
4.7
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.91
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.89
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5496
35.6
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
32.51
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66

Fielding Stats for Al Jackson and Brian Meyer

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
1.96
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.04
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.19
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4168
27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1389.1
9
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.73
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.71
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
2.01
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.49
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.13
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
2.88
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
2.75
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.2
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.5
95.5
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.93
60.93
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Jackson and Brian Meyer

Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
373
468.2
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
10200
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
600
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
435
546.03
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
86.61
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.27
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.57
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.34
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.06
20.16
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
112.97
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
104.18
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
46.44
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
28.87
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
74.06
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.53
10.71
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.32
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
194.56
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
3.08
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
32.64
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.04
Brian Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.51
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.26
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.77
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Brian Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA