Jim Acker vs. Fred Archer — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Archer 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 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. 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 Fred Archer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Fred Archer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Fred Archer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA