Grant Jackson vs. Darren Oliver — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Darren Oliver
Gen XMissouriThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Darren Oliver 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. Darren Oliver led in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 71), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 90 vs 84), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 97 vs 92). Grant Jackson held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 84). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Darren Oliver.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Darren Oliver

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
0.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.63
54.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
4.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2037
9.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
1.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
3.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1259
5.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8346
39.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
4.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.28
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7391
34.72
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.21
39.21

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Darren Oliver

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
766
3.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
1.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5747
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1915.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
1.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
1.66
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.25
97.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.9
29.9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Darren Oliver

Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
718
1709.52
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
775
1913.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
243
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
217
535.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
118.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
88.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
29.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.27
37.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
153.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
145.68
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
17
41.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
49.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
88.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.53
38.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
182.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Darren Oliver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
37.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Darren Oliver
Career
Per 600 PA