Grant Jackson vs. Bill Long — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Long
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Long 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. Bill Long led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 176 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 100 vs 84). Grant Jackson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 71). Role difference aside, Bill Long holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Long

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
4.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2216
38.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
4.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.28
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.365
1.365
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2023
35.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Long

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
1556
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
518.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.69
96.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Long

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
718
1709.52
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
15900
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.23
-22.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Bill Long
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Long
Career
Per 600 PA