Grant Jackson vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Grant Jackson
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela 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. Fernando Valenzuela led in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 71), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 84), and run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 92). Grant Jackson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 80). Role difference aside, Fernando Valenzuela holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Grant Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.42
53.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
3.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4076
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
3.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
889
5.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5749
38.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5112
33.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Grant Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
4.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4078
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1359.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
1.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.36
93.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.99
11.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela

Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
718
1709.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
252
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
236
561.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
32
76.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
64.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.48
17.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
42
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
40
95.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
40.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
83.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
3.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
214.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
19.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Grant Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Grant Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0