Grant Jackson vs. Fred Olmstead — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fred Olmstead
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Olmstead 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. Fred Olmstead posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.74 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Fred Olmstead had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Fred Olmstead

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.74
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
358.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
9.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
3.39
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1442
36.18
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
4.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
1338
33.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.18
36.18

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Fred Olmstead

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
2.46
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.939
1.939
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.39
39.39
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Fred Olmstead

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
66
300
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
132
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
561.9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
563.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
72.73
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
20.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
109.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.18
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
9
40.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
15.35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
86.36
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.95
6.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Fred Olmstead
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Olmstead
Career
Per 600 PA