Grant Jackson vs. Walt Kinney — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Walt Kinney
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walt Kinney 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 3.59 and 1.411 for Walt Kinney. 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 Walt Kinney

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.62
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.62
47.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
872
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
290.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
8.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
4.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
3.99
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.912
0.912
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1229
38.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1082
33.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Walt Kinney

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.55
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4078
27
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1359.1
9
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.585
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Walt Kinney

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
82
353.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
139
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
125
539.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.741
0.741
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
151.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
112.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.12
73.9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
207.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
202.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
73.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
77.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
142.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.66
80.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
77.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.72
7.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Walt Kinney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Kinney
Career
Per 600 PA