Jim Acker vs. Henry McHenry — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Henry McHenry
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Henry McHenry 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. Jim Acker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.12 and 1.346 for Henry McHenry. By the career numbers, Jim Acker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Henry McHenry

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.58
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.47
55.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
508
4.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3331
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1110.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1136
9.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
5.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4794
38.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4319
35.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Henry McHenry

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3618
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1206
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
2.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.43
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.04
95.04
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.37
65.37
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Henry McHenry

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
242
262.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
553
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
496
538.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.694
0.694
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
125.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
87.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
16.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
19.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
37.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.75
64.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
205.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
172.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
57.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
80.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
118.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.99
68.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
43.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
13.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.08
46.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Henry McHenry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry McHenry
Career
Per 600 PA