Jim Acker vs. Gene Bearden — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gene Bearden
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Gene Bearden 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. Gene Bearden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.555 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Gene Bearden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Gene Bearden

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.52
43.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2365
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
788.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
9.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
259
2.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3471
39.63
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
4.54
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3027
34.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Gene Bearden

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Gene Bearden

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
212
409
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
311
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
555.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
131.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
102.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
19.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.94
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.99
46.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
177.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
158.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
67.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
61.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
121.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.56
49.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
27.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
81.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.4
7.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Bearden
Career
Per 600 PA