Grant Jackson vs. Jimmy Key — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jimmy Key
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jimmy Key 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. Jimmy Key led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 151 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 92), and home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 71). Role difference aside, Jimmy Key holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Key

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
0.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.39
61.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
1010
3.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2518
8.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
0.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
2.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538
5.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10719
37.22
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1104
3.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
0.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9856
34.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Key

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
1.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7775
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2591.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
646
2.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.59
96.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.328
1.328
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.77
82.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Key

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
718
1709.52
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
471
94200
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Jimmy Key
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Key
Career
Per 600 PA