Grant Jackson vs. Elmer Riddle — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Elmer Riddle
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Elmer Riddle 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. Elmer Riddle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Elmer Riddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Elmer Riddle

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.09
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.26
65.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3069
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1023
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
974
8.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
4.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
3.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4406
38.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3929
34.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Elmer Riddle

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.55
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4078
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1359.1
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.73
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.226
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Elmer Riddle

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
191
300
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
339
532.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
91.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.75
31.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
128.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
138.22
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
47.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
43.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
89.53
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.93
32.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
5.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
37.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100