Grant Jackson vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Nelson 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. Jimmy Nelson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 84). Role difference aside, Jimmy Nelson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Nelson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.46
41.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
8.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
3.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
38.81
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.353
1.353
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Nelson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.39
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.07
91.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Jimmy Nelson

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
208
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
191
550.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA