Grant Jackson vs. Rollie Naylor — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Rollie Naylor
Lost GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Naylor 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 3.93 and 1.503 for Rollie Naylor. 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 Rollie Naylor

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.6
33.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.14
75.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
3.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3033
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1174
10.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
3.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
2.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4381
39
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
5.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.504
1.504
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4018
35.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Rollie Naylor

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.55
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4078
27
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1359.1
9
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Rollie Naylor

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
183
310.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
354
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
328
555.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
98.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
84.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.63
26.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
116.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
127.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.428
0.428
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
42.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
13
22.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
62.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.96
23.66
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
25.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
203.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
2.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
15.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Rollie Naylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Naylor
Career
Per 600 PA