Jim Acker vs. Kolby Allard — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kolby Allard
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kolby Allard built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 5.34 and 1.409 for Kolby Allard. By the career numbers, Jim Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Kolby Allard

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
2.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.37
40.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
5.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
9.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
7.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1467
39.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
5.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
35.76
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Kolby Allard

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
2.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.37
40.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Kolby Allard

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
5003.57
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
9342.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
15.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
21.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA