Jim Acker vs. Kid Speer — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kid Speer
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kid Speer 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. Kid Speer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.323 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Kid Speer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Kid Speer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.1
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
9.14
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
10.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.14
9.14
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.53
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.32
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
317
37.38
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.45
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.6
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3433
34.17
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
35.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Kid Speer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.42
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.95
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4.26
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.03
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.833
2.833
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Kid Speer

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
288.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
25
555.56
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.83
18.52
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
88.89
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
111.11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
5.95
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
133.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Kid Speer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Speer
Career
Per 600 PA