Zach Jackson vs. Rip Wheeler — Career Comparison

Zach Jackson
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rip Wheeler
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Rip Wheeler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rip Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.18 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 5.81 and 1.566 for Zach Jackson. By the career numbers, Rip Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Jackson and Rip Wheeler

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.37
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.59
20.59
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
5.81
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.18
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129.1
9
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.19
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
9.6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.28
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.7
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.91
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.02
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
5.38
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.46
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.38
5.38
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.1
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
545
37.93
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.25
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
6.32
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.94
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.2
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
35.63
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93

Fielding Stats for Zach Jackson and Rip Wheeler

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.88
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105.1
9
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.54
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.31
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.05
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.382
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Jackson and Rip Wheeler

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
1015.38
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
485.71
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
600
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.57
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
19.6
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
114.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
42.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-4.76
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
18.72
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Rip Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rip Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA