Grant Jackson vs. Stephen Strasburg — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Stephen Strasburg
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherSilver SluggerAll-Star

Stephen Strasburg 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. Stephen Strasburg led in strikeout rate (K%+ 140 vs 79), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 127 vs 84), and home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 71). Role difference aside, Stephen Strasburg holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Stephen Strasburg

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.38
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.42
53.42
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.57
64.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
7.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.72
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
394
2.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1723
10.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.55
10.55
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.14
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5749
38.08
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5962
36.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
3.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.41
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.24
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.65
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5449
33.36
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.5
36.5

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Stephen Strasburg

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
1.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
1.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4410
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1470
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.59
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
1.13
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.8
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.6
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
1.46
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
1.49
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.4
95.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Stephen Strasburg

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
248
285.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
440
506.72
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
77.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.04
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
11.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.61
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.77
21.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
102.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
105.95
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
26.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
33.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
55.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.69
14.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
27.64
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
153
176.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.41
3.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Stephen Strasburg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
64.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.91
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Stephen Strasburg
Career
Per 600 PA