Jim Acker vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck 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. Rudy Schwenck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Rudy Schwenck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Rudy Schwenck

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Rudy Schwenck

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
467
4.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.15
99.15
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Rudy Schwenck

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA