Grant Jackson vs. Dave Righetti — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Dave Righetti
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Dave Righetti a clear advantage over Grant Jackson across the core pitching metrics. Dave Righetti led in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 79), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 103 vs 92). Dave Righetti was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Dave Righetti

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
4.58
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.93
50.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.52
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.62
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
3.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
8.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.25
8.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
3.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1112
7.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.213
1.213
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5988
38.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.93
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
3.04
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
3.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.78
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.338
1.338
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5269
33.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.39
38.39

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Dave Righetti

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
4.58
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
718
4.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4211
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1403.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.36
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.22
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
1.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.91
93.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.325
0.325
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Dave Righetti

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
718
1709.52
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
718
26925
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
11
412.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
12.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
14.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Dave Righetti
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Righetti
Career
Per 600 PA