Jim Acker vs. Rube Parnham — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Parnham
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Parnham 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 4.04 and 1.710 for Rube Parnham. 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 Rube Parnham

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.26
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.953
0.953
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
38.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
33.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Rube Parnham

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.833
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Rube Parnham

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
578.57
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
35.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
33.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rube Parnham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Parnham
Career
Per 600 PA