Zach Jackson vs. Ken MacKenzie — Career Comparison

Zach Jackson
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken MacKenzie
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken MacKenzie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken MacKenzie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.8 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 5.81 and 1.566 for Zach Jackson. By the career numbers, Ken MacKenzie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Jackson and Ken MacKenzie

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.57
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.35
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.43
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
5.81
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
4.8
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
625
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208.1
9
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.19
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9.98
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.28
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.43
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
2.91
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.72
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.38
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
6.13
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.1
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
916
39.57
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.46
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
6.32
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.57
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.2
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
36.59
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Zach Jackson and Ken MacKenzie

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
5.58
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.35
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.54
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.47
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.31
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.99
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.05
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.82
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Jackson and Ken MacKenzie

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
1015.38
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
2091.89
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
600
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
583.78
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.57
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
6.43
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
64.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Ken MacKenzie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-4.76
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.03
-16.63
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
17
275.68
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken MacKenzie
Career
Per 600 PA