Jim Acker vs. Ollie Boyd — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ollie Boyd
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie Boyd 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 7.27 and 1.846 for Ollie Boyd. 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 Ollie Boyd

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.62
43.62

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Ollie Boyd

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.15
99.15
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Ollie Boyd

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
578.57
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA