Jim Acker vs. Michael Lorenzen — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Michael Lorenzen
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Michael Lorenzen 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. Michael Lorenzen led in strikeout rate (K%+ 84 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 87 vs 86). Jim Acker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 91). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Michael Lorenzen.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Lorenzen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
3.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.54
49.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.13
30.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
4.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2988
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
996
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
8.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
1.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
826
7.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4214
38.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
4.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3751
33.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Lorenzen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
3.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3276
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
2.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.75
96.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.555
0.555
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.14
29.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Michael Lorenzen

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
452
1844.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
542.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
0.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
81.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
44.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.37
66.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
232.65
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
163.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
81.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
97.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
151.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
62.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
191.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Michael Lorenzen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
20.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
28.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Michael Lorenzen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71.43
71.43