Jim Acker vs. Sherry Smith — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sherry Smith
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sherry Smith 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. Sherry Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.303 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Sherry Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Sherry Smith

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
1.64
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
0.98
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.49
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.52
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.14
49.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.05
60.05
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.62
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.09
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
3.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6158
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2052.2
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2234
9.8
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
1.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
428
1.88
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.423
0.423
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8663
37.98
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
4.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8181
35.87
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Sherry Smith

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2713
27
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
904.1
9
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
1.6
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.35
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
2.33
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
778
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.501
0.501
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.069
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Sherry Smith

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
381
298.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
555.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
129.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
8
85.71
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
97.91
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.7
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
31.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.36
48.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
177.81
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
155.87
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
46.21
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
88.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.58
52.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
104.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.72
5.72
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.48
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14