Grant Jackson vs. Cal Koonce — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Cal Koonce
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cal Koonce 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. Cal Koonce led in home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 71), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 90 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 92). Role difference aside, Cal Koonce holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Cal Koonce

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.96
48.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
3.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2914
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
971.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
972
9.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.01
9.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
3.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.47
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.53
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
4.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.898
0.898
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4157
38.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464
4.3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3758
34.82
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.52
38.52

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Cal Koonce

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.83
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2912
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
970.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
1.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
2.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.95
26.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Cal Koonce

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
336
738.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
525.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
24
52.75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
21
46.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
4.23
9.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
27
59.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
94.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
20
43.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
8
17.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
28
61.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.93
-6.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
37.36
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
99
217.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Cal Koonce
Career
Per 600 PA