Jim Acker vs. Jason Grilli — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Grilli
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jim Acker a clear advantage over Jason Grilli across the core pitching metrics. Jim Acker led in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 81), run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 83), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 89). Jason Grilli held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 78). Jim Acker was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Jason Grilli

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
4.65
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.98
41.98
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.3
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.22
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
8.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
292
3.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
9.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2969
39.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
1.58
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
4.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2599
34.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Jason Grilli

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
4.65
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
595
7.82
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2054
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
684.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.42
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Jason Grilli

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
467
5003.57
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
595
19833.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
15
500
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
45.73
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
32.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Grilli
Career
Per 600 PA