Grant Jackson vs. Bill Ricks — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Ricks
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Ricks 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 Ricks posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.23 and WHIP 1.329 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Bill Ricks had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Ricks

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.96
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.81
57.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
8.68
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
5.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.924
0.924
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1492
38.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.329
1.329
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
34.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Ricks

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.38
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.37
95.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.585
1.585
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Bill Ricks

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
73
275.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
159
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
236
561.9
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PAverified
151
569.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.673
0.673
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.65
59.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
203.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
177.36
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.358
0.358
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.661
0.661
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
158.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.75
70.77
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Bill Ricks
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Ricks
Career
Per 600 PA