Grant Jackson vs. Alan Koch — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Alan Koch
Silent GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alan Koch 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 5.41 and 1.516 for Alan Koch. 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 Alan Koch

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
5.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
9.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
3.87
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
5.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
39.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
35.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Alan Koch

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
2.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.381
0.381
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.71
35.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Alan Koch

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
43
678.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
35
552.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.711
0.711
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
157.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
63.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
55.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
221.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
157.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.686
0.686
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
58.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
157.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
3.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Alan Koch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alan Koch
Career
Per 600 PA