Jim Acker vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes 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. Jose Mercedes led in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 92), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 86). Role difference aside, Jose Mercedes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Jose Mercedes

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Jose Mercedes

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Jose Mercedes

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
145
4350
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
19
570
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
342.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA