Jim Acker vs. Chuck Porter — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chuck Porter
Baby BoomersMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chuck Porter 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 4.14 and 1.418 for Chuck Porter. 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 Chuck Porter

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.96
62.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
4.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
278
10.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.56
10.56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.68
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.802
0.802
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
38.92
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.59
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.57
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.401
1.401
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
954
36.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Chuck Porter

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.76
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.82
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.96
62.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Chuck Porter

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
54
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
600
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Chuck Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Chuck Porter
Career
Per 600 PA