What years did Grant Jackson play?

Grant Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1982.

Was Grant Jackson a pitcher?

Yes. Grant Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 889 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Grant Jackson hit?

Grant Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 32 hits.

What was Grant Jackson's career batting average?

Grant Jackson batted .136 over his career, with 32 hits in 236 at bats.

How many RBI did Grant Jackson have?

Grant Jackson drove in 17 runs in his career.

What was Grant Jackson's career ERA?

Grant Jackson finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 86-75 with 889 strikeouts.

Grant Jackson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1965-1982)

Grant Jackson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1982 for 6 teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 18 seasons. Across 692 career appearances, he went 86-75 with a 3.46 ERA, 889 strikeouts, and 79 saves. He also batted .136 with 2 home runs. Grant Jackson was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6236.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 86–75

ERA 3.46

WHIP 1.31

SO 889

Pitcher PIV 6236.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 180 lb
Born: 9/28/1942 in Fostoria, OH, USA
Died: 2/2/2021 in Canonsburg, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1965-09-03
Last Game: 1982-09-08
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Grant Dwight Jackson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Grant Jackson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
86	75	692	83	16	5	79	1358.2	1,272	523	109	511	889	3.46	6236.0

Career ERA 3.46 vs. league average 3.64 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Grant Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1965	PHI	NL	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	13.2	17	11	5	15	7.24	3.50 (-107%)	-589.6
1966	PHI	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	3	0	5.40	—	0.0
1967	PHI	NL	2	3	43	4	0	0	1	84.1	86	36	43	83	3.84	3.30 (-16%)	1436.1
1968	PHI	NL	1	6	33	6	1	0	1	61.0	59	20	20	49	2.95	2.98 (+1%)	567.4
1969	PHI	NL	14	18	38	35	13	4	1	253.0	237	94	92	180	3.34	3.61 (+7%)	3692.1
1970	PHI	NL	5	15	32	23	1	0	0	149.2	170	88	61	104	5.29	3.89 (-36%)	-307.4
1971	BAL	AL	4	3	29	9	0	0	0	77.2	72	27	20	51	3.13	3.47 (+10%)	610.4
1972	BAL	AL	1	1	32	0	0	0	8	41.0	33	12	9	34	2.63	3.26 (+19%)	1600.0
1973	BAL	AL	8	0	45	0	0	0	9	80.1	54	17	24	47	1.90	3.75 (+49%)	1317.0
1974	BAL	AL	6	4	49	0	0	0	12	66.2	48	19	22	56	2.56	3.63 (+29%)	556.0
1975	BAL	AL	4	3	41	0	0	0	7	48.1	42	18	21	39	3.35	3.71 (+10%)	689.5
1976	BAL	AL	1	1	13	0	0	0	3	19.1	19	11	9	14	5.12	3.51 (-46%)	-23.9
1976	NYA	AL	6	0	21	2	1	1	1	58.2	38	11	16	25	1.69	3.51 (+52%)	954.4
1977	PIT	NL	5	3	49	2	0	0	4	91.0	81	39	39	41	3.86	4.00 (+4%)	-1657.4
1978	PIT	NL	7	5	60	0	0	0	5	77.1	89	28	32	45	3.26	3.69 (+12%)	285.2
1979	PIT	NL	8	5	72	0	0	0	14	82.0	67	27	35	39	2.96	4.00 (+26%)	-1146.8
1980	PIT	NL	8	4	61	0	0	0	9	71.0	71	23	20	31	2.92	3.84 (+24%)	693.8
1981	PIT	NL	1	2	35	0	0	0	4	32.1	30	9	10	17	2.51	3.58 (+30%)	573.6
1981	MON	NL	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	10.2	14	9	9	4	7.59	3.58 (-112%)	-862.8
1982	KCA	AL	3	1	20	0	0	0	0	38.1	42	22	21	15	5.17	3.86 (-34%)	-2151.4
1982	PIT	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	0	13.50	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			86	75	692	83	16	5	79	1,358.2	1,272	523	511	889	3.46	—	6,236

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Grant Jackson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
718	236	20	32	2	1	2	17	0	7	90	.136	.164	.178	.342	-665

Career AVG .136 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 46.7% below league average.

Career OBP .164 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 48.8% below league average.

Career SLG .178 vs. league average .375 across their career seasons — 52.5% below league average.

Career OPS .342 vs. league average .695 across their career seasons — 50.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Grant Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1965	PHI	NL	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	PHI	NL	43	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	10	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	PHI	NL	37	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	6	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	PHI	NL	40	86	4	12	1	0	1	5	2	30	.140	.248 (-44%)	.320 (-50%)	.369 (-50%)	.689 (-50%)	-665.5
1970	PHI	NL	52	44	9	4	0	0	0	1	1	15	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	BAL	AL	29	22	5	2	0	0	1	2	2	7	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	BAL	AL	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	BAL	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	BAL	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	BAL	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	BAL	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	NYA	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	PIT	NL	49	18	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	4	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	PIT	NL	60	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	PIT	NL	72	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	PIT	NL	61	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	PIT	NL	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	MON	NL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	KCA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 21 seasons			718	236	20	32	2	1	2	17	7	90	.136	—	—	—	—	-665

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Grant Jackson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Grant Jackson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
1979	NLCS	PIT	2	1	.000
1979	WS	PIT	4	1	.000
1976	ALCS	NYA	2	0	.000
1976	WS	NYA	1	0	.000
1974	ALCS	BAL	1	0	.000
1973	ALCS	BAL	2	0	.000
1971	WS	BAL	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Grant Jackson — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	0	13	0	0	17.2	11	5	6	11	2.55

Playoff Pitching by Year

Grant Jackson — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1979	NLCS	PIT	1	2	2.0	1	0	1	2	0.00
1979	WS	PIT	1	4	4.2	1	0	2	2	0.00
1976	ALCS	NYA	0	2	3.1	4	3	1	3	8.10
1976	WS	NYA	0	1	3.2	4	2	0	3	4.91
1974	ALCS	BAL	0	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
1973	ALCS	BAL	1	2	3.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1971	WS	BAL	0	1	0.2	0	0	1	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Grant Jackson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	356	106	8	16	0	8	.151
Away	362	130	12	16	2	9	.123

Pitching — Home / Away

Grant Jackson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	340	707.2	649	255	249	482	3.24
Away	352	651.0	623	268	262	407	3.71

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Grant Jackson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1982-09-08	PIT	NYN	—	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1
1982-06-28	KCR	OAK	—	3.0	3	2	0	0	2	0
1982-06-27	KCR	LAA	—	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1
1982-06-19	KCR	SEA	—	2.0	6	6	4	1	2	0
1982-06-10	KCR	MIN	—	2.1	3	2	2	0	1	0
1982-06-06	KCR	NYY	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1
1982-05-28	KCR	TEX	—	2.0	2	3	3	2	1	1
1982-05-26	KCR	CHW	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1982-05-23	KCR	TEX	—	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
1982-05-18	KCR	NYY	—	3.2	1	0	0	3	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Grant Jackson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	692	83	55	170	16	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Grant Jackson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1965	PHI	P	6	2	2	2	1	0
1966	PHI	P	2	0	0	1	0	0
1967	PHI	P	43	4	1	5	1	0
1968	PHI	P	33	6	3	9	1	2
1969	PHI	P	38	35	8	36	5	2
1970	PHI	P	32	23	13	21	1	0
1971	BAL	P	29	9	3	11	1	1
1972	BAL	P	32	0	1	6	0	1
1973	BAL	P	45	0	2	12	1	3
1974	BAL	P	49	0	2	3	1	0
1975	BAL	P	41	0	2	6	1	1
1976	BAL	P	13	0	1	2	0	0
1976	NYA	P	21	2	0	4	0	0
1977	PIT	P	49	2	2	12	0	1
1978	PIT	P	60	0	2	14	1	0
1979	PIT	P	72	0	2	9	0	0
1980	PIT	P	61	0	6	9	0	1
1981	PIT	P	35	0	3	1	1	0
1981	MON	P	10	0	1	2	0	0
1982	KCA	P	20	0	1	5	1	0
1982	PIT	P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Grant Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	692

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Grant Jackson: the record in brief

Grant Jackson's major league career runs from a debut on September 3, 1965 to a final game on September 8, 1982. The team column moves through the Philadelphia Phillies (1965 through 1970), the Baltimore Orioles (1971 to 1976), the New York Yankees (1976), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977 through 1982), the Montreal Expos (1981), and the Kansas City Royals (1982). Jackson, born on September 28, 1942, in Fostoria, OH, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted from both sides and threw left-handed. Size on record: 6 feet, 0 inches and 180 pounds. The bio records the death on February 2, 2021, in Canonsburg, PA, USA. The given name on file is Grant Dwight Jackson.

The pitching table credits Jackson with a 86-75 record and a 3.46 ERA in 692 games. The same table counts 889 strikeouts, 16 complete games, 5 shutouts, and 79 saves. Jackson's 3.46 ERA was close to the 3.64 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 14, in 1969.

Frequently Asked Questions about Grant Jackson

What years did Grant Jackson play?: Grant Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1982.
Was Grant Jackson a pitcher?: Yes. Grant Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 889 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Grant Jackson hit?: Grant Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 32 hits.
What was Grant Jackson's career batting average?: Grant Jackson batted .136 over his career, with 32 hits in 236 at bats.
How many RBI did Grant Jackson have?: Grant Jackson drove in 17 runs in his career.
What was Grant Jackson's career ERA?: Grant Jackson finished with a 3.46 career ERA, going 86-75 with 889 strikeouts.