Grant Jackson vs. Jim Rooker — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jim Rooker
Silent GenerationOregonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Rooker 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. Jim Rooker led in home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 71), run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 84). Role difference aside, Jim Rooker holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Jim Rooker

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
1.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.58
48.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.94
79.94
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
696
3.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5431
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1694
8.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
703
3.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
976
4.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7668
38.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.324
1.324
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6808
33.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Jim Rooker

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5438
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
1.4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
1.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.76
94.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.131
1.131
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.69
79.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Jim Rooker

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
337
303.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
667
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
606
545.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.548
0.548
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
109.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
84.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
15.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
25.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.65
34.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
151.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
131.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
48.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
92.65
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.58
32.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
18.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
229
206
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.91
2.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
28.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.7
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Rooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100