Zach Jackson vs. Dick Lanahan — Career Comparison

Zach Jackson
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Lanahan
Greatest GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Lanahan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Lanahan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.15 and WHIP 1.658 compared to 5.81 and 1.566 for Zach Jackson. By the career numbers, Dick Lanahan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Jackson and Dick Lanahan

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.32
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.77
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.58
31.58
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.21
23.21
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
5.81
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
5.15
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.19
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
10.48
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.48
10.48
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.28
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.91
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
4.44
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.38
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.67
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
41.1
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
41.68
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.3
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
6.32
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
5.98
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.2
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.567
1.567
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.658
1.658
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
623
36.89
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.1
41.1
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.68
41.68

Fielding Stats for Zach Jackson and Dick Lanahan

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.88
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
27
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105.1
9
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.54
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.31
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.05
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.3
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Jackson and Dick Lanahan

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1015.38
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
730.43
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
547.83
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.326
0.326
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.57
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
7.96
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
52.17
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-4.76
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-6.58
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lanahan
Career
Per 600 PA