Jim Acker vs. Ben Rivera — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ben Rivera
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ben Rivera 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. Ben Rivera led in strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 97 vs 92). Jim Acker held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 98 vs 76). Role difference aside, Ben Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Ben Rivera

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.5
57.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
4.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
8.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
4.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
6.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.19
6.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1405
39.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
4.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.464
1.464
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1218
34.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.72
39.72

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Ben Rivera

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.39
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
955
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
318.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.1
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.08
98.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.761
0.761
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.13
73.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Ben Rivera

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
67
343.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
476.92
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
5.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
71.79
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
35.9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.72
-8.8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
30.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
205.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
2.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
92.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Ben Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ben Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA