Jim Acker vs. Fred Anderson — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Anderson 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. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Fred Anderson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.18
48.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.04
64.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
912
8.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
4.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Fred Anderson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
4.65
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.99
96.99
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.629
1.629
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Fred Anderson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
180
321.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.05
14.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
87.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.14
2.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
175
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA