Jim Acker vs. Willie Jefferson — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Jefferson 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. Willie Jefferson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Willie Jefferson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Willie Jefferson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
1.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.83
47.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.7
69.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.94
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
9.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
4.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1737
39.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
5.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Willie Jefferson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Willie Jefferson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
562.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
103.66
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
65.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.99
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75