Grant Jackson vs. Spec Shea — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spec Shea 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. Grant Jackson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.365 compared to 3.8 and 1.426 for Spec Shea. By the career numbers, Grant Jackson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Spec Shea

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.53
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.9
54.9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
3.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
4.74
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
361
3.44
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4076
38.87
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
4.32
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.34
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3560
33.95
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Spec Shea

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
4.58
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.67
96.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.99
11.99
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Spec Shea

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
103.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
80.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.38
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
32.81
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
138.87
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.62
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
35
83.33
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.45
32.86
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
112.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.14
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA