Grant Jackson vs. Fergie Jenkins — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fergie Jenkins
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Fergie Jenkins built a career as a starting pitcher and Grant Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fergie Jenkins led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 92), strikeout rate (K%+ 112 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 94 vs 84). Grant Jackson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 71 vs 65). Role difference aside, Fergie Jenkins holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Fergie Jenkins

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.69
55.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
0.53
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1669
3.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13502
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4142
8.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
0.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
997
1.99
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3192
6.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.38
6.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18400
36.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1853
3.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.142
1.142
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17082
34.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.79
36.79

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Fergie Jenkins

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
1.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
1.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13501
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4500.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
0.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
1.32
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1072
2.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
2.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.43
95.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.541
1.541
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.46
89.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Fergie Jenkins

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
665
395.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1010
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
896
532.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
87.92
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
60.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
16.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
27.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.04
29.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
134.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
112.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
32.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
50.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
74.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.27
22.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.36
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
326
193.66
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.1
3.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
39.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fergie Jenkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fergie Jenkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0