Jim Acker vs. Eppa Rixey — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eppa Rixey
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Eppa Rixey 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. Eppa Rixey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.272 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Eppa Rixey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Eppa Rixey

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
1.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.53
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.45
51.45
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.77
79.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
0.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1572
3.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13484
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4494.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4633
9.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1082
2.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1350
2.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18754
37.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.19
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1986
3.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.272
1.272
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17596
35.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Eppa Rixey

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1195
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.916
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Eppa Rixey

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
249.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1667
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1522
547.81
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
104.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
90.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
11.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.08
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
14.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.54
27.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
122.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
349
125.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
34.19
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
39.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
73.07
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.08
27.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
3.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
17.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
220
79.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.58
7.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
31.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Eppa Rixey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Eppa Rixey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50