Grant Jackson vs. Jake Northrop — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jake Northrop
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Northrop 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. Jake Northrop posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.91 and WHIP 1.060 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Jake Northrop had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Jake Northrop

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.81
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
8.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
35.61
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
33.98
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Jake Northrop

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.55
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4078
27
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1359.1
9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.944
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Jake Northrop

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
18
415.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.91
67.18
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.729
0.729
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
72.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA