Alek Jacob vs. Jack Powell — Career Comparison

Alek Jacob
Gen ZWashingtonThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Powell
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Powell built a career as a starting pitcher and Alek Jacob as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 4.06 and 1.216 for Alek Jacob. By the career numbers, Jack Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alek Jacob and Jack Powell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.19
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
1.06
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
0.5
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.52
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
49
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.27
89.27
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
0.87
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.09
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.03
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.06
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
2.97
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13167
27
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4389
9
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.94
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4319
8.86
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.24
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.23
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1021
2.09
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.29
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1621
3.32
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.255
1.255
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.14
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
0.25
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
38.82
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17896
36.7
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.29
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.12
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.24
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1991
4.08
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.216
1.216
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.217
1.217
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
33.88
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16755
34.36
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.82
38.82
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.7
36.7

Fielding Stats for Alek Jacob and Jack Powell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.88
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
584
1.32
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
0.46
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11934
27
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
9
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.31
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
970
2.19
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.17
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.24
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1180
2.67
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.24
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1105
2.5
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.64
93.64
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.892
1.892
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.1
35.1
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alek Jacob and Jack Powell

Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
39
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
585
200.11
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1754
600
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1610
550.74
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
105.7
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
85.18
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
13
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.79
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.74
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
20.52
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100.43
34.35
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
136.49
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
403
137.86
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
45.5
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
42.42
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
85.18
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101.81
34.83
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.39
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
29.76
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
299
102.28
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
17.1
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.03
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.03
Alek Jacob
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100