Grant Jackson vs. Connie Johnson — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Connie Johnson
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Connie Johnson 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. Grant Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 3.68 and 1.361 for Connie Johnson. By the career numbers, Grant Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Connie Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.58
71.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
3.68
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3038
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1012.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
959
8.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
3.66
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
720
6.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.4
6.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.118
1.118
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4360
38.75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
493
4.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3905
34.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Connie Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
1.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.12
66.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Connie Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
197
305.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
387
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351
544.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
91.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
77.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.89
21.53
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
110.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
114.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
58.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
38.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
97.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.2
17.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
74.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.06
8.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Connie Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100