Jim Acker vs. Rick Langford — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rick Langford 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. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 98), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 86). Role difference aside, Rick Langford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Rick Langford

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
9.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
4.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Rick Langford

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.35
98.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Rick Langford

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
5003.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
578.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
19.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA