Jim Acker vs. Curt Schilling — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Curt Schilling
Gen XAlaskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Curt Schilling 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. Curt Schilling led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 98), strikeout rate (K%+ 117 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 124 vs 92). Role difference aside, Curt Schilling holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Curt Schilling

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.67
59.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.63
76.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1253
3.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9783
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2998
8.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.82
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
0.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
1.96
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3116
8.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.48
5.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.174
1.174
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13284
36.66
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.22
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
3.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.34
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
0.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12322
34.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.66
36.66

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Curt Schilling

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569
1.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
1.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9783
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
0.82
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480
1.32
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.844
0.844
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.63
76.63
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Curt Schilling

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
571
380.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
901
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
773
514.76
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.433
0.433
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
77.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
68.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
8.66
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.84
14.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
87.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
94.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
25.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
19.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
45.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.23
7.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
16.65
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
270
179.8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
3.34
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
67.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Curt Schilling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Schilling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50