Jim Acker vs. Plácido Bernal — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Plácido Bernal 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 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. 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 Plácido Bernal

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Plácido Bernal

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Plácido Bernal

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA