Grant Jackson vs. Tommy John — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Tommy John
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Tommy John 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. Tommy John led in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 71), walk avoidance (BB%+ 118 vs 92), and run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 92). Grant Jackson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 69). Role difference aside, Tommy John holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Tommy John

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
0.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.49
55.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
3.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14131
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4710.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4783
9.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
0.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
2.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
4.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.744
0.744
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
0.36
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19692
37.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2017
3.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
0.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.283
1.283
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18101
34.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Tommy John

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
760
1.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
1.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14129
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4709.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
0.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1028
1.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1314
2.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
2.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.27
96.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.665
1.665
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Tommy John

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
761
443.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1030
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
900
524.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
82.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
71.65
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
10.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.05
17.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
169
98.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
175
101.94
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
25.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
31.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
53.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.54
10.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
19.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
122.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.88
4.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
54.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
20
11.65
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Tommy John
Career
Per 600 PA