Michael Jackson vs. Frank Viola — Career Comparison

Michael Jackson
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Frank Viola
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Frank Viola built a career as a starting pitcher and Michael Jackson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Frank Viola led in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 102), walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 104), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 89). Michael Jackson held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 74 vs 73). Role difference aside, Frank Viola holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Michael Jackson and Frank Viola

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.56
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.51
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.48
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.06
48.06
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.99
53.99
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.23
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.08
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
3.42
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1175
3.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
7.44
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
2827
8.97
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.96
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
0.93
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464
3.51
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
2.74
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.61
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.12
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
7.62
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1844
5.85
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.955
0.955
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.3
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.42
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.15
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4966
37.61
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11933
37.86
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
3.2
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
3.73
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4.13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.41
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.28
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.31
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.65
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.68
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.301
1.301
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4351
32.95
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10870
34.49
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.86
37.86

Fielding Stats for Michael Jackson and Frank Viola

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1005
7.61
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
1.34
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
1.33
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3565
27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8509
27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1188.1
9
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2836.1
9
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.43
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.27
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.26
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
1.18
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.76
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
487
1.55
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.69
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.44
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.12
96.12
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.76
99.76
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Michael Jackson and Frank Viola

Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1005
18272.73
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
421
1202.86
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
509.09
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
528.57
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
90.91
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
54.55
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.71
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
27.07
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.01
11.46
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
127.27
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
109.09
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
82.86
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
54.55
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
22.86
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
17.14
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
24.5
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.93
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.18
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.57
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
41
117.14
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
8.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
5.12
5.12
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
72.73
Frank Viola
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
62.86
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.71
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Frank Viola
Career
Per 600 PA