Grant Jackson vs. Tommy Johnson — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tommy Johnson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Tommy 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 5.95 and 1.724 for Tommy 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 Tommy Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
10.84
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.84
10.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.756
0.756
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
41.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
36.99
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.88
41.88

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Tommy Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Tommy Johnson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
525
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
561.9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
39.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Tommy Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA