Grant Jackson

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
86 75 692 83 16 5 79 1358.7 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

Pitching Career Arc

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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 13.7 17 11 5 15 7.24 3.50 (-107%) -589.6
1966 PHI NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 1 3 0 5.40 — 0.0
1967 PHI NL 2 3 43 4 0 0 1 84.3 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 0 149.7 170 88 61 104 5.29 3.89 (-36%) -307.4
1971 BAL AL 4 3 29 9 0 0 0 77.7 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 80.3 54 17 24 47 1.90 3.75 (+49%) 1317.0
1974 BAL AL 6 4 49 0 0 0 12 66.7 48 19 22 56 2.56 3.63 (+29%) 556.0
1975 BAL AL 4 3 41 0 0 0 7 48.3 42 18 21 39 3.35 3.71 (+10%) 689.5
1976 BAL AL 1 1 13 0 0 0 3 19.3 19 11 9 14 5.12 3.51 (-46%) -23.9
1976 NYA AL 6 0 21 2 1 1 1 58.7 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 77.3 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 32.3 30 9 10 17 2.51 3.58 (+30%) 573.6
1981 MON NL 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 10.7 14 9 9 4 7.59 3.58 (-112%) -862.8
1982 KCA AL 3 1 20 0 0 0 0 38.3 42 22 21 15 5.17 3.86 (-34%) -2151.4
1982 PIT NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 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

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

Career Arc

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1979 NLCS PIT 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 WS PIT 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 WS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 ALCS BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 ALCS BAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 WS BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 0 13 0 0 17.7 11 5 6 11 2.55

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1979 NLCS PIT 1 0 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 2 0.00
1979 WS PIT 1 0 4 0 0 4.7 1 0 2 2 0.00
1976 ALCS NYA 0 0 2 0 0 3.3 4 3 1 3 8.10
1976 WS NYA 0 0 1 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 3 4.91
1974 ALCS BAL 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 1 0.00
1973 ALCS BAL 1 0 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 0.00
1971 WS BAL 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home35610681608.151
Away362130121629.123

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home340707.26492552494823.24
Away352651.06232682624073.71

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1982-09-08 PITNYN — 0.2111001
1982-06-28 KCROAK — 3.0320020
1982-06-27 KCRLAA — 2.0422111
1982-06-19 KCRSEA — 2.0664120
1982-06-10 KCRMIN — 2.1322010
1982-06-06 KCRNYY — 2.0211001
1982-05-28 KCRTEX — 2.0233211
1982-05-26 KCRCHW — 1.0000010
1982-05-23 KCRTEX — 0.0100100
1982-05-18 KCRNYY — 3.2100300

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 692 83 55 170 16 12

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

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 692

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Grant Jackson (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Al Worthington
    75-82, 3.39 ERA
  2. 94
    Bob Miller
    69-81, 3.37 ERA
  3. 87
    Bill Campbell
    83-68, 3.54 ERA
  4. 81
    Ellis Kinder
    102-71, 3.43 ERA
  5. 77
    Phil Regan
    96-81, 3.84 ERA
  6. 76
    Dick Tidrow
    100-94, 3.68 ERA

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.