Jim Acker vs. Derek Thompson — Career Comparison

Jim Acker
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Derek Thompson
MillenialFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Derek Thompson 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. Derek Thompson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.97 and 1.423 for Jim Acker. By the career numbers, Derek Thompson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Acker and Derek Thompson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.33
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.49
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.24
40.24
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.3
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
3.97
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
918
9.14
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.14
9.14
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.82
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
3.27
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
4.8
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.31
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
38.49
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
37
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.58
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
4.45
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.31
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3433
34.17
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
31
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37

Fielding Stats for Jim Acker and Derek Thompson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
4.65
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.32
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2713
27
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
904.1
9
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.73
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.6
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.35
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
2.33
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.15
99.15
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.501
0.501
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Acker and Derek Thompson

Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
467
5003.57
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
578.57
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
85.71
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
18.73
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
107.14
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
117.86
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.14
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
9.45
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.39
-46.82
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
32
342.86
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.71
Derek Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA