Grant Jackson vs. Jeff Samardzija — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jeff Samardzija
MillenialIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jeff Samardzija 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. Jeff Samardzija led in strikeout rate (K%+ 106 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 71), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 111 vs 92). Role difference aside, Jeff Samardzija holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Jeff Samardzija

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
1.99
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.32
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.5
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.01
43.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.21
66.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
759
4.15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4936
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1645.1
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
1555
8.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
2.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
7.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.179
1.179
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.33
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6891
37.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
818
4.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.23
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6259
34.24
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.69
37.69

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Jeff Samardzija

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
1.99
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4936
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1645.1
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.57
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
1.53
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.34
95.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.731
0.731
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.21
66.21
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Jeff Samardzija

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
372
565.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
395
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
350
531.65
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
66.84
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
27
41.01
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
25.82
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.48
17.81
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.94
16.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
101.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
95.24
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
78.99
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
16
24.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
33.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
35
53.16
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
3.23
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-0.93
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
214.29
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
154
233.92
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
50.13
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.59
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jeff Samardzija
Career
Per 600 PA