Mike Jackson vs. Jesse Petty — Career Comparison

Mike Jackson
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jesse Petty
Lost GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jesse Petty built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jesse Petty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 5.8 and 1.973 for Mike Jackson. By the career numbers, Jesse Petty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Jackson and Jesse Petty

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.17
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.54
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
1.15
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.5
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.58
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.21
46.21
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.04
13.04
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.4
74.4
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.57
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
3.68
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
27
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3625
27
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.2
9
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1208.1
9
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
10.33
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
9.58
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.57
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.07
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
2.2
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
5.98
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
3.03
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.582
0.582
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.12
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
41.68
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
38.5
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.27
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.8
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
4.51
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.933
1.933
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
33.52
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4857
36.18
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.68
41.68
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5

Fielding Stats for Mike Jackson and Jesse Petty

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.14
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
27
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.98
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.52
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.34
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.51
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.565
0.565
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.193
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.04
13.04
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Jackson and Jesse Petty

Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
1725
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
286.18
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
600
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
525
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
413
570.97
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
73.27
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
58.06
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.82
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
15.21
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.4
13
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
89.86
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
82.95
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
31.8
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.18
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
64.98
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.03
-2.55
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.74
-2.41
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.68
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
375
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
174.19
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.6
1.6
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.35
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.38
Mike Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jesse Petty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100