Jim Acker vs. Mel Stottlemyre — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Stottlemyre
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mel Stottlemyre 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. Mel Stottlemyre led in home run suppression (HR9+ 120 vs 92), run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 92), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 112 vs 98). Jim Acker held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 78 vs 75). Role difference aside, Mel Stottlemyre holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.33
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.55
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.47
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.24
40.24
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.13
54.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.89
98.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.51
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.14
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
878
2.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7984
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2661.1
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2435
8.23
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.58
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
3.27
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
809
2.74
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
4.8
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257
4.25
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.897
0.897
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.19
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10972
37.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.14
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.219
1.219
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10048
33.98
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
37.1

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7985
27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2661.2
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.73
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
1.93
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
2.83
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
2.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.15
99.15
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.9
96.9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.256
2.256
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.89
98.89
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
366
259.57
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
846
600
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
749
531.21
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
85.11
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
65.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
9.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.26
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.96
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
19.15
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
18.73
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.04
26.27
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
107.14
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
118.44
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
11
117.86
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
171
121.28
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
38.3
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
40.43
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
73.76
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
9.45
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.56
19.55
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.84
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
33.33
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
270
191.49
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.13
3.13
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
29.79
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.84
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.93
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Stottlemyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.42
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Stottlemyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0