Jim Acker vs. Jake Northrop — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jake Northrop
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jake Northrop 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. Jake Northrop posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.91 and WHIP 1.060 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Jake Northrop had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Northrop

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.09
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.81
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
8.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
35.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
33.98
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.61
35.61

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Northrop

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.944
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Jake Northrop

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
18
415.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.91
67.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.729
0.729
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
72.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Jake Northrop
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Northrop
Career
Per 600 PA