Jim Acker vs. Colton Gordon — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Colton Gordon
Gen ZFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Colton Gordon 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 5.34 and 1.442 for Colton Gordon. 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 Colton Gordon

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.09
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
10.78
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.78
10.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
2.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.99
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
39.66
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.65
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.419
1.419
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
36.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.66
39.66

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Colton Gordon

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.09
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Colton Gordon

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
600
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA