Jim Acker vs. Danny McDevitt — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Danny McDevitt
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Danny McDevitt 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. Danny McDevitt led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 92), strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 78), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 86). Jim Acker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 79). Role difference aside, Danny McDevitt holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Danny McDevitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
9.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.83
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
5.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.98
5.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
40.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.73
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
5.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
35.11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.95
40.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Danny McDevitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1368
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
456
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
2.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.92
89.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.71
38.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Danny McDevitt

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
155
669.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
530.94
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
73.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
8.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.62
15.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
82.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
103.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.338
0.338
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
51.8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
82.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.68
7.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
224.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Danny McDevitt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny McDevitt
Career
Per 600 PA