Jim Acker vs. Johnny Schmitz — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Schmitz
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Schmitz 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. Johnny Schmitz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Johnny Schmitz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Johnny Schmitz

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
366
1.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.46
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.93
44.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.21
64.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
3.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5438
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1812.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1766
8.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
757
3.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746
3.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.829
0.829
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
38.49
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7779
38.62
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.4
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
841
4.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.392
1.392
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6987
34.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Johnny Schmitz

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
4.65
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
8.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1179
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.59
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
11.06
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
14.18
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
13.65
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.28
96.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.628
1.628
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.84
12.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Johnny Schmitz

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
368
339.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
587
541.85
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
76.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
63.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
8.31
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.77
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.54
15.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
95.08
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
29.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
29.54
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
57.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.86
3.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
18.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
147
135.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
39.69
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Schmitz
Career
Per 600 PA