Jim Acker vs. Howard Ross — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Howard Ross
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftNorth AmericaCleveland HornetsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Howard Ross 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 5.84 and 1.587 for Howard Ross. 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 Howard Ross

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
3.97
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
11.42
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.591
0.591
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
34.66
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
30.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.66
34.66

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Howard Ross

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.36
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.51
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.44
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.66
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Howard Ross

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
30
562.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
21.92
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
17.78
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Howard Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Ross
Career
Per 600 PA