Jim Acker vs. Pat Hentgen — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pat Hentgen
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Pat Hentgen 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. Pat Hentgen led in run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 92), strikeout rate (K%+ 88 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 92 vs 86). Jim Acker held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 87). Role difference aside, Pat Hentgen holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Pat Hentgen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
1.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
1.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.91
53.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.95
88.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
996
4.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6226
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2111
9.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
1.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
775
3.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1290
5.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8925
38.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1076
4.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7984
34.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.7
38.7

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Pat Hentgen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
1.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
1.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6226
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2075.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.66
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
1.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.34
96.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.95
88.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Pat Hentgen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
344
2127.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
519.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
55.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
55.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
6.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
55.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
80.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
24.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.61
-9.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
24.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
154.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
3.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
55.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Hentgen
Career
Per 600 PA