Grant Jackson vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Preacher Roe 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. Preacher Roe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Preacher Roe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Preacher Roe

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
8.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.94
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
956
4.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7383
34.71
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Preacher Roe

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
4.58
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Preacher Roe

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
333
277.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
515.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
3.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
100
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
88.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
30.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
31.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
215
178.92
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
3.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
52.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA