Jim Acker vs. Dick Matthews — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Dick Matthews

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Dick Matthews

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.15
99.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Dick Matthews

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
39
520
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA