Grant Jackson vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Powell
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Powell 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. Bill Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.35 and WHIP 1.362 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Powell

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
3.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
6.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.46
5.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
38.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
35.23
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.97
38.97

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Powell

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.82
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.39
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Powell

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
14
200
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
42
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
36
514.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
142.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
128.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
14.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.43
63.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
157.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
214.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.36
76.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
71.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
14.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA