Grant Jackson vs. Leroy Sutton — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Leroy Sutton
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leroy Sutton 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. Leroy Sutton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.77 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.46 and 1.365 for Grant Jackson. By the career numbers, Leroy Sutton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Leroy Sutton

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.55
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
3.46
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.43
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
8.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
511
3.38
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.47
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
5.89
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.14
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.623
0.623
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
38.53
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.9
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5112
33.86
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
35.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Leroy Sutton

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.66
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.71
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.11
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.58
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.36
93.36
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.21
86.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.852
1.852
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Leroy Sutton

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
27
279.31
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
53
548.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.76
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.98
20.52
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
100
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.48
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
18.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
16.67
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.8
2.8
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA