Grant Jackson vs. Alex Newkirk — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Alex Newkirk 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 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. 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 Alex Newkirk

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
36.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Alex Newkirk

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Alex Newkirk

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.79
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
6
47.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
5
39.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA