Jim Acker vs. Danny Coombs — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny Coombs
Silent GenerationMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny Coombs 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 4.08 and 1.588 for Danny Coombs. 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 Danny Coombs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.3
41.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
4.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.92
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
3.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.66
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
5.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.046
1.046
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
40.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1563
35.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Danny Coombs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
3.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.81
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.76
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.47
97.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.535
0.535
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.17
29.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Danny Coombs

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
144
757.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
73.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
52.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.9
15.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
94.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
100
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
2.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
26.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
289.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
2.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
47.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
3
15.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Coombs
Career
Per 600 PA